Problem of high labor costs due to insufficient mechanization and automation; labor presently accounts for 48 to 60% of total transportation costs, and 60 to 75% of cost of transporting cargo by sea is accounted for while ship is at dock; unitized cargo-handling systems and their advantages to customer and shipowner are summarized; cost and time of handling cargo in break-bulk and unitized system are projected. (see also abstract in Mar Eng v 65 n 13 Dec 1960 p 63-7, 85)


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    Title :

    Competitive general cargo ships, D.C.Macmillan


    Additional title:

    Soc Naval Architects Mar Engrs -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers -- Meeting ; 1960



    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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