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    Containerization is a shipment method in which commodities are placed in containers and not rehandled during shipment until unloaded at their destination. Containerized cargo is cargo that is transported in containers that can be easily transferred from one transportation mode to another.
Technical Report
Published: 2008
Authors: Dr. Anne Goodchild, Kaori Fugisawa, Eric Jessup
Journal/Book: Transportation Northwest (TransNow)
Summary:
The proposed research will address an emerging need by local, state and regional transportation planners and policymakers to better understand the transportation characteristics, functions and dynamics of ocean port-to-handling facility and handling facility-to-final market freight movements. The research will also address a gap in the academic literature for freight transportation models that capture underlying economic forces.