HOW CONTAINER PORTS WORK?

The video will be interesting to all people engaged in the international maritime shipping industry. It will shed some light on the marine transportation of cargo using the containers. We all know that the containerships are in a very wide use all around the world, transporting literally all non-bulk goods. The subject cargo is carried inside the so-called TEUs and FEUs, standing for the twenty- and forty-foot equivalent unit, respectively, which is a standard designation for the container.

The container vessels normally feature a good speed and economical fuel consumption, allowing the marine transportation to remain the most effective and preferred option for the owners. The ports where such vessels are services shall have special features such as the specific cargo handling devices etc.

The authors of the video wanted to give some brief introduction about the way such ports work. The logistics of intermodal transportation is also mentioned, together with the work planning in the ports etc. This professionally prepared video is intended to address the day to day operation of the ports with the due attention being equally paid to all aspects, including the finance and social ones.