Containerization
Containerization
(Assignment No 3)
Presented by: Patryk Czapski Advanced Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Presented to: Pat Mullen. MBA. FCILT.
Presented on: 25/09/2010
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Containerization – definition and historic background 3. Economic impact of containers on world trade 4. Is Box behind the globalization 5. Other effects of containerization 6. Conclusion and Recommendations 7. Bibliography
Introduction
Shipping container ought to be considered as one of most important inventions of the second half of 20th century. Considering how big influence the containerization had in shaping the world we live in today it is remarkable hoe few people is actually aware of its importance. It surly deserves to be placed among such a revolutionary inventions as the Internet and the PC’s. It may be that for most of us, containers are just metal boxes, not glamour enough to be part of wider pop culture.
Containerization – definition and historic background
The concept of containerization is considered as the key innovation in the field of logistics which has revolutionized freight handling in the twentieth century.
Containerization is an system of transporting almost any kind of general cargo or product in quantities which would be too small for the, until recently, traditional way of shipping, known as bulk transport system. Containerized shipping is done by using large metal boxes, popularly known as containers (with their dimensions based on universally adopted ISO standard). This new way of moving cargo is widely referred to as an inter-modal system of transporting, which means that goods can be easily moved from one location to another in these containers which can be loaded intact onto the
(Assignment No 3)
Presented by: Patryk Czapski Advanced Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Presented to: Pat Mullen. MBA. FCILT.
Presented on: 25/09/2010
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction 2. Containerization – definition and historic background 3. Economic impact of containers on world trade 4. Is Box behind the globalization 5. Other effects of containerization 6. Conclusion and Recommendations 7. Bibliography
Introduction
Shipping container ought to be considered as one of most important inventions of the second half of 20th century. Considering how big influence the containerization had in shaping the world we live in today it is remarkable hoe few people is actually aware of its importance. It surly deserves to be placed among such a revolutionary inventions as the Internet and the PC’s. It may be that for most of us, containers are just metal boxes, not glamour enough to be part of wider pop culture.
Containerization – definition and historic background
The concept of containerization is considered as the key innovation in the field of logistics which has revolutionized freight handling in the twentieth century.
Containerization is an system of transporting almost any kind of general cargo or product in quantities which would be too small for the, until recently, traditional way of shipping, known as bulk transport system. Containerized shipping is done by using large metal boxes, popularly known as containers (with their dimensions based on universally adopted ISO standard). This new way of moving cargo is widely referred to as an inter-modal system of transporting, which means that goods can be easily moved from one location to another in these containers which can be loaded intact onto the
Bibliography: • Mullen, P. ”Module 3, Transport and the supply chain.”, (2005) • (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean) • MacMillan, D. C. “Competitive general cargo ship”, Transactions of S NAME, Vol.68, p.16 (1960) • Levinson, M., “Container shipping and the economy – Stimulating Trade and Transformations Worldwide”, The Intermodal Container Era, Vol. 246, p.10 (2006) • Levinson, M., “The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger”, Princeton University Press, (2006) • Gardner, B., “The container revolution and its effects on the structure of traditional UK liner shipping companies”, Maritime transport, edited by Mary R. Brooks, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp, (2002) ----------------------- [1] SOURCE: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean) [2] MacMillan, D. C. “Competitive general cargo ship”, Transactions of S NAME, Vol.68, p.16 (1960)