Collage Of International Transportation And Logistics

Cargo Handling Management

Captain: Mohamed Shafik

By: Ihab M. Tarek

CONTAINERS HISTORY

• Many people think the Shipping Container was invented in China -- not true. The first shipping container was invented and patented in 1956 by an American named (Malcolm Mc Lean).

• Mc Lean was not an ocean shipper, but was a trucker and by 1956 he owned the largest trucking fleet in the South and the fifth largest trucking company in all the United States. He saved his money and bought his first truck in 1934. During those years all cargo was loaded and unloaded in odd sized wooden crates. The process was very slow and certainly not standardized.

CONTAINER SHIPS

• Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization. They are a common means of commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk cargo.

• Container ship capacity is measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Typical loads are a mix of 20-foot and 40-foot (2-TEU) ISO-standard containers.

LIST OF LARGEST CONTAINER SHIPS

year name Length (m) owner

2013 Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller 398 Maersk (Denmark)

2013 CMA CGM Marco Polo 396 CMA CGM (France)

2013 CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt

396 CMA CGM (France)

2013 CMA CGM Jules Verne 396 CMA CGM (France)

2006 Emma Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

2006 Estelle Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

2007 Eleonora Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

2007 Evelyn Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

2007 Ebba Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

2007 Elly Maersk[ 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

LIST OF BIGGEST CONTAINER PORTS IN 2012

1st Port of Shanghai, China

2nd Port of Singapore, Singapore

3rd Port of Hong Kong, china

4th Port of Shenzhen, china5th Port of Busan, South Korea 6th Ningbo-Zhoushan, China

THE BIGGEST SHIPPING COMPANIES IN 2014

• Maersk lines, Denmark

• Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSc), Switzerland

• CMA CGM, France

• Evergreen lines, Taiwan

• PIL (pacific Inc. lines)

• China Ocean Shipping Container Line (COSCO), china

• Hapag Lloyd, Germany

• CSCL

• APL

• MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines), japan

Standard container

Flat rack container

The most commonly used shipping containers; they come in various dimensions standardized by ISO. They are used for shipping of dry materials and come in size of 20ft, 40ft and 10ft.

With collapsible sides, these are like simple storage shipping containers where the sides can be folded so as to make a flat rack for shipping of wide variety of goods.

Types of containers

Open top container

Tunnel container

With a convertible top that can be completely removed to make an open top so that materials of any height can be shipped easily.

Container storage units provided with doors on both ends of the container, they are extremely helpful in quick loading and unloading of materials.

Open side storage container

These storage units are provided with doors that can change into completely open sides providing a much wider room for loading of materials.

transportation of liquid materials, they are used by a huge proportion of entire shipping industry. They are mostly made of strong steel or other anti corrosive.

Tanks

Refrigerated containers

thermal containers

These are temperature regulated shipping containers that always have a carefully controlled low temperature. They are exclusively used for fruits and vegetables over long distances.

these are the shipping storage containers that come with a regulated temperature control allowing them to maintain a higher temperature.

Half height containers

Car carriers

Made mostly of steel. Used especially for good like coal, stones etc. which need easy loading and unloading.

Shipping cars over long distances. They come with collapsible sides that help a car fit snugly inside the containers without the risk of being damaged.

Special purpose containers

custom made for specialized purposes. Mostly, they are used for high profile services like shipment of weapons and arson. As such, their construction and material composition depends on the special purpose they need to cater to. But in most cases, security remains the top priority.

Intermediate bulk containers

They are designed to handle large amounts of materials and made for purpose of shipping materials to a destination where they can be further packed and sent off to final spot.

CONTAINER DIMINUTIONS

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