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Inland/Ocean Waterborne Transportation Innovations and Port Charges

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  • Belcher, Gary L.
  • Jones, James R.
  • Lindeborg, Karl H.

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Containerization of transoceanic general cargo shipments was pioneered in 1966 when Sea-Land Service, Inc. initiated a containership service from the U.S. East Coast to Europe. Shipping of cargo in uniform-sized sealed containers of truck-trailer size revolutionized the marine transportation industry during the 1970s. The intermodal container enables the shipper to pack his cargo in the container at his own premises and deliver the cargo to a port to be transferred to an ocean vessel and delivered overseas to the foreign consignee, without the contents of the cargo being handled at each stage of the journey. Initially, the container was moved to an ocean port by rail or truck, but recently this leg of the movement has been adapted to inland river movement via the container-on-barge.

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  • Belcher, Gary L. & Jones, James R. & Lindeborg, Karl H., 1980. "Inland/Ocean Waterborne Transportation Innovations and Port Charges," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(1), pages 179-188, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:12:y:1980:i:01:p:179-188_01
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