Container Transportation

 Container transport is a modern mode of transportation of container transport. It is applicable to sea transport, railroad transport and international multimodal transport.

First,What is the meaning of container transport
 Container transport is a modern mode of transport, refers to the container as a large container carrier, the collection of goods assembled into an assembly unit, in order to use large loading and unloading machinery and large carrier vehicles in modern circulation, loading and unloading, handling operations and transport tasks, so as to better realize the goods door-to-door transport of a new, efficient and effective mode of transport.
 

Second, what are the advantages of container transport
In logistics transportation, the use of containers, container transport and traditional transport is different, it has high efficiency, high efficiency, high collaboration and many other advantages.

1、High efficiency
 Container transport loading and unloading power, high utilization rate of transportation tools, high capital turnover rate, high utilization rate of the depot, due to the container loading and unloading operations suitable for mechanization, the efficiency of its loading and unloading operations has been greatly improved. At the same time, greatly shorten the container station (port) of the residence time, accelerate the turnover of the car and ship and the delivery of goods.

2、High efficiency
 Container transport reduces the number of traditional transport methods of human loading and unloading, handling, which can avoid man-made and natural factors caused by cargo breakage, wet damage, loss and other freight accidents, reduce economic losses, and the transport process, can simplify the packaging, a large number of savings in packaging costs, reduce transport costs.
3、Multi-modal transport
 Container transport involves a wide range of links, the impact of more, is a complex transport system engineering, goods using the container transport, the box as the transport unit of goods, reduce the complexity of the operational links, simplify the freight operation procedures, container transport in different modes of transport between the change, without carrying the box of goods and only change the container, which improves the efficiency of the change operation, suitable for different modes of transport The joint transport between different modes of transport.
4、Convenient management
 Container is a kind of specification cargo transport unit, take the container transport method for the automation of management to create convenient conditions, suitable for different modes of transport between the joint transport and management.
 

Third, what are the disadvantages of container transport
Container transport is good, but it also has certain disadvantages, the main disadvantages of container transport are:

1, requires a lot of investment, resulting in financial difficulties.
2, subject to the limitations of the cargo load, so that the flow of goods on the route is unbalanced, often in some feeder transport, there is an empty back to the voyage or a large reduction in the volume of boxes, thus affecting the economic efficiency.
3、Transfer is not coordinated, resulting in longer transport time and increase certain costs.
4, subject to the constraints of inland transport conditions, can not give full play to the container transport "door-to-door transport advantages.
5, the container transport laws, regulations, procedures and documents are not uniform, hindering the development of international multimodal transport.