Intermodal freight consists of products and raw materials that are transported in a container by a variety of vehicles, such as container ships, semi-trailer trucks, and trains. Containers designed for intermodal freight often adhere toInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO)dimension guideline...
From the port of Dalian, containers are transported by road to Shenyang railway station, where they are placed on platforms and sent to the Zabaikalsk (Russia) - Manchuria (PRC) border crossing. At the Zabaikalsk border crossing point, the cargo will undergo customs clearance, after which contai...
The modernshipping containersused to transport goods are moved by road, rail, sea transport, or a combination of any of these modes of transport. The mode of transport used to movecontainersmay depend upon the availability of transport slots, connectivity between trading centres, cost of transport...
A total of 191,000 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit) containers have been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor from January to March, up 11.7 percent year on year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group. The rail operation map was ad...
QINZHOU, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- As of Oct. 26, 2023, some 700,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers have been transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, up 14.8 percent year on year, data from the China Railway Nanning Group ...
Method for locking together intermodal containers being transported on a ship, by means of the corner castings (1, 2) on the containers, whereby intermodal containers that are one above another are locked to each other by means of twistlocks (3) to be fastened into the corner castings. The...
Piggyback Intermodal:Piggyback Intermodal involves using trucks to transport cargo containers or trailers on a specialized trailer, which is then transported by rail. This intermodal is commonly used for high-value, fragile, or time-sensitive cargo, as it provides greater security and protection during...
A sign affixed to a rail car or truck, which indicates the hazardous designation of the product being transported in that vehicle. Plain Gondola A unit design to ship heavy bulk commodities. Pool An assigned group of containers, trailers or cars used to satisfy the transportation requirements of...
Through the 1950s, most goods were transported loose in small packages, known as break bulk. But that meant lengthy, laborious load-unload times, exposure to the elements and many lost packages. Then came containerized shipping, using metal shipping containers like those used by the military in...
On Monday, the first batch of containers, loaded with tapioca from Da Nang in Vietnam, arrived at the Beibu Gulf Port Qinzhou container terminal in Guangxi, where they would be transported to factories in Guangxi's Chongzuo City via road transportation. ...