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Everybody agrees that containers are a "good thing";the
actual advantages of transporting cargo, and in particular,
dry cargo, in containers over other forms of transport have,
to our knowledge, nowhere been stated in quantitative terms.
It is claimed that containers will reduce the turn-round time
of ships, ease congestion in the docks, speed-up total transit
time of cargo, reduce the risk of pilferage, reduce packaging
cost and reduce total handling effort in all stages of
transit.
Given that all these advantages are real, it is obvious that
they do not accrue in equal measure to all parties concerned
in the movement of goods from consignor to consignee. There
is indeed a likelihood of a conflict of interest between
these parties.
In this report we shall try to delineate the various problem
areas, indicate the quantitative information that needs to
be collected in order to decide how to solve these problems
and outline an approach to such solutions. |
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