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Cargo determines the main function, transportation mode, and related characters required for the container port. In container port design, the object cargo is an intermodal container. Containers are usually classified as 20-foot and 40-foot. 53-foot containers were introduced and used both in the US and Canada, mainly for domestic road and rail ...
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.
A container port, container terminal, or intermodal terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between container ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks , in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container port .
Theofanis S., Boilé M., Golias M.M (2009) Container terminal berth planning: critical review of research approaches and practical challenges [dead link ]. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Marine Transportation and Port Operations, 2100, 22-28.
A Terminal Operating System, or TOS, is a key part of a supply chain and primarily aims to control the movement and storage of various types of cargo in and around a port or marine terminal. The systems also enables better use of assets, labour and equipment, plan workload, and receive up-to-date information.
The basic layout component is called "Container", as every other element in the page is placed in it. Developers can choose between a fixed-width container and a fluid-width container. While the latter always fills the width with the web page, the former uses one of the five predefined fixed widths, depending on the size of the screen showing ...
Compatibility of container types with ship design, Load and destination locations according to the UN Locode databases and to the Port Call List, Overdimensions, Handling instructions and Loading Remarks (like "away from boiler", "on-deck-only"), Container numbers, False empties, etc. Visualization. Multiple bay views with individual settings
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