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Impact Of Containerization In International Freighting
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TRANSPORTATION:
Usually represents the greatest distribution cost, it is usually easy
to calculate because it can be related directly to weight or numbers of
units-cost must be carefully controlled through the mode of transport
selected amongst alternative, and these must be constantly reviewed.
During the past 50 years, sea transport has become the dominant
transportation mode in international purchasing. The patterns of
retailing that have developed and the pressure caused by coin stock
holding and short-lead times, have made sea transport indispensable;
where the volume of goods being transported reaches a certain level,
some companies purchase their ownership, rather than use the service of
cargo contractors.
REDUCTION IN CARGO HANDLINGS COST: The use of
containers by water vessels for packing cargo has been shown by tenth
according to staff (1984:132).
INTERMODAL CO-OPERATION (COMBINATION):
The handlings of cargo at ports have been reduced to about one third as
a result of the adoption of containerization. This is one of the
reasons why Nigerian ports quickly embarked on the construction of
special berths for handling container ships, when the concept was
proposed to them and after they had studied the result of its adoption
in other ports.
FASTER INLAND DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPPED CARGO:
International cooperation between ship and road vehicles among ships,
railway vehicles and vehicles (fishy back) is made possible (and
actually resulted) outing after the adoption of containerization by
ports and shipping lines.
FASTER INLAND DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPPED
CARGO: Containerized shipped cargos are more easily off- loaded from
ships, handled and cleared at port and takes to inland destinations
faster than those that are none containerized.
INCREASED SHIPPING
TURN-AROUND TIMES: By facilitating handling cargoes at ports,
containerization has greatly helped to increase the turn-around time of
ships when cargo are containerized, ports handling time is reduced to
only about one fifth of that required in the loading and off-loading of
conventional ship.
FASTER LOADING AND OFF-LOADING AT TERMINALS:
Containerized cargoes are normally loaded and off-loaded faster at
ports. The use of roll-on, roll off operations makes these even faster.
HIGH
VOLUME FLOWS AT PORTS AND BETWEEN PORTS: With a drastic reduction in
the time needed for handling containerize cargoes at ports and increase
in turn-around time of ships, containerization makes possible higher
volume of cargoes flow at ports and between ports.
CARGO SAFETY: When
cargoes are containerized, they are not usually opened a transit
terminals or when being unloaded. This reduces the tendency of
pilferage. Handling of cargoes is minimized and action of weather on it
is also reduced when containerized. All these help to enhance the safety
of cargoes on transit and terminals.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project is made up of five chapters which contains different information about the project. The importance of containerization as a marketing tool was examined with the aim of assessing its contributions towards the purchase of industrial products to carryout research work, a total of one hundred (100) industrial buyers were used as sample while case study was drawn from Okigwe road, Enugu, Agbani.To gather data, personnel interview and two set of questionnaire were used one for industrial ... Continue reading---
