The handling system is completely mechanized so that all handling is done with cranes and special forklift trucks.
They can be loaded and unloaded, stacked, transported efficiently over long distances, and transferred from one mode of transport to another- container ships, rail transport flatcars, and semi-trailer trucks-without being opened. The containers have standardized dimensions. Containerization is the predominant form of unitization of export cargoes, as opposed to other systems such as the barge system or palletization.
Containerization, also referred as container stuffing or container loading, is the process of unitization of cargoes in exports. A container ship being loaded by a portainer crane in Copenhagen Harbor, Denmark.Ĭontainerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers).
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