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  2. Intermodal freight transport - Wikipedia

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    Large investments were made in intermodal freight projects. An example was the US$740 million Port of Oakland intermodal rail facility begun in the late 1980s. [2] [3] Since 1984, a mechanism for intermodal shipping known as double-stack rail transport has become increasingly common. Rising to the rate of nearly 70% of the United States ...

  3. List of busiest container ports - Wikipedia

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    The vast majority of containers moved by large, ocean-faring container ships are 20-foot (1 TEU) and 40-foot (2 TEU) ISO-standard shipping containers, with 40-foot units outnumbering 20-foot units to such an extent that the actual number of containers moved is between 55%–60% of the number of TEUs counted. [1]

  4. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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    Intermodal containers exist in many types and standardized sizes, but 90 percent of the global container fleet are "dry freight" or "general purpose" containers: [2] [5] durable closed rectangular boxes, made of rust-retardant weathering steel; almost all 8 feet (2.44 m) wide, and of either 20 or 40 feet (6.10 or 12.19 m) standard length, as ...

  5. Union Pacific's profit grows 9% as the railroad delivers more ...

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    Union Pacific said Thursday that the result was an unanticipated 33% jump in the number of shipping containers filled with imports that it delivered in the third quarter, which helped drive a 6% ...

  6. Double-stack rail transport - Wikipedia

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    Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers. Invented in the United States in 1984, it is now being used for nearly seventy percent of United States intermodal shipments. Using double stack technology, a freight train of a given length can carry roughly ...

  7. List of largest container shipping companies - Wikipedia

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    Rank Company name Headquarters Total TEU Ships Market share Notes Alliance 1 Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Switzerland 5,705,424 801 19.9% [Note 1]2M(until February 2025)

  8. ISO 6346 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 6346 is an international standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). [1]

  9. Containerization - Wikipedia

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    Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers). [1] Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports.