Use of Containers to Carry Bulk and Break Bulk Commodities and Their Impact on Gulf Region Ports and International Trade : Research Project Capsule
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2012-09-01
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Abstract:Since their introduction in the 1950s, the use of containers now represents roughly 90% of
world trade. Their acceptance as the common denominator in international shipping has had
profound impacts throughout the shipping industry. More recently, two new impacts of
containers are being felt: (1) significantly larger vessels, called “mega” ships with capacity of
12,500+TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) and a draft of 50 ft. are now deployed on main trade
lanes; and (2) terminals are being redesigned and reequipped to serve these ships, requiring
deeper berths and larger cranes. The pending 2015 expansion of the Panama Canal will accelerate
these two trends. Their impact on the U.S. Gulf Coast ports is the main concern of this study.
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