About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Intermodal containers, Containerization, Container ship, List of world's busiest container ports, Unit Load Device, ISO 6346, Barrel, Shipping container architecture, Keg, Spent nuclear fuel shipping cask, Double-stack rail transport, Drum, Well car, BBC Box, Roadrailer, Crate, Twenty-foot equivalent unit, Demurrage, Container crane, Sun Modular Datacenter, Sidelifter, Palletized load system, Nuclear flask, Container Security Initiative, Refrigerated container, Flexible intermediate bulk container, Transit case, Road case, Wooden box, Multimodal transport, Bulk box, Twistlock, Milk crate, The Box, Containerized housing unit, International Container Bureau, Straddle carrier, RACE, Rubber tyred gantry crane, Reach stacker, Cellular vessel, Intermodal car, ISO 9897. Excerpt: Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They form a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport. Container ships avoid the complex stevedoring of break-bulk shipping.There are two main types of dry cargo: bulk cargo and break bulk cargo. Bulk cargoes, like grain or coal, are transported unpackaged in the hull of the ship, generally in large volume. Break-bulk cargoes, on the other hand, are transported in packages, and are generally manufactured goods. Before the advent of containerization in the 1950s, break-bulk items were loaded, lashed, unlashed and unloaded from the ship one piece at a time. However, by grouping cargo into containers, 1,000 to 3,000 cubic feet (28 to 85 m) of cargo, or up to about 64,000 pounds (29,000 kg), is moved at once and each container is secured to the ship once in a standardized way. Containerization has increased the efficiency of moving traditional break-bulk cargoes significantly, reducing shipping time by ...
