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CONTAINERS. ‘Article Equipment intended to facilitate the carriage of goods by one ore more modes of transport without intermediate reloading'. ISO.
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CONTAINERS • ‘Article Equipment intended to facilitate the carriage of goods by one ore more modes of transport without intermediate reloading'. ISO. • Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using standard inter modal containers as prescribed by ISO. These can be loaded and sealed intact onto container ships, rail road cards, planes, and trucks
ORIGIN • Although having its origins in the late 1780s or earlier, the global standardization of containers and container handling equipment was one of the important innovations in 20th century logistics. • Malcom Purcell McLean(November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001 )was an American entrepreneur, often called "the father of containerization". In 1956, he developed the metal shipping container, which replaced the traditional break-bulk method of handling dry goods and revolutionized the transport of goods and cargo worldwide
TYPE OF CONTAINERS STANDARD CONTAINERS
TYPE OF CONTAINERS OPEN TOP CONTAINERS
TYPE OF CONTAINERS FLATRACK CONTAINERS:
TYPE OF CONTAINERS FLATRACK COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINERS:
TYPE OF CONTAINERS REEFER CONTAINERS
TYPE OF CONTAINERS HIGHCUBE CONTAINERS
TYPE OF CONTAINERS PLATFORM CONTAINERS
BENEFITS OF CONTAINARISATION
CHALLENGES OF CONTAINARISATION
CONTAINER TRADE WORLD WIDE
Estimated and forecast growth rates for container trade (1980–2015)
CONTAINARISATION IN INDIA
Containerization was introduced for the first time in Indian domestic market way back in 1966 by the Indian Railways to provide door- doors service to their customers and attract cargo from road ways . • In 1987 Government of India realized the importance of containerization and started constructing a satellite port at Bombay which commenced operations in 1988 and was christened The Jawaharlal Lal Nehru Port . • Subsequently CONCOR created by Indian Railways and it constructed the 1st ICD at Tughlakkabad.
Growth of multimodal transportation and containarisation in india by girish Guijar First container was handled at Cochin in 1973. Containerization has since grown substantially. 1052000 TEUS in 1993. 4637000 TEUS in 2005. 6.60 Million TEUS in 2008