Containerization in Maritime Transport: Contemporary Trends and Challenges [Paperback]

Part 1: Maritime Containerized Transport (the status quo of its structure and main processes). 1. The origins of containerization processes in international trade. 2. A container as a loading unit. 3. Container Transport System and multimodal transport systems. 4. The development of the global fleet of container vessels. 5. The size and geographical structure of international container shipping in maritime transport. Part 2: Economic Challenges To Maritime Containerized Transport. 6. Transport and container handling costs in international maritime transport. 7. Documents in international maritime transport. 8. Insurance of containers and vessels in maritime transport. Part 3: Managerial and Operational Challenges To Maritime Containerized Transport. 9. The role of port container terminals in the maritime container turnover. 10. Organizational and technical conditions underlying operation of port container terminals. 11. Information and IT (telematics) solutions in the management of containerization processes in maritime transport. Part 4: Sustainable Development Challenges to Containerized Maritime Transport. 12. Eco-logistics and sustainable development requirements in the pragmatics of containerisation processes in maritime transport. 13. Conclusions.

Containerization in Maritime Transport addresses challenges to maritime transport and containerization, beginning with economic and managerial factors, through organizational, technical, operational, information and IT challenges, and ending with ecological challenges- to lessen the environmental impacts of maritime transport.

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