Contaonerization has been seen as primarily a maitime technology. The progression of continer shipping services in the 1970s and early 1980s led to a restructing of port systems around the world. Within the past several years, however, the most signigicant innovations in containerizations in North america have occured inland. Not only has there been an important geographical shift in the movement of maritime containers between inland destinations and ports, but the ‘boxes’ themselvesw are beginning to replace other cargo systems in domestic traffic. This paper describes the evolving patterns of domestic container flows in North america. It discusses the major constraints being faced by the developing systems, particularly those that impede the realization of supposedly ‘seamless’ intermodal networks. The fundamental differences between Canadian and US operations are outlined. The paper concludes by discussing some the potential impacts of these develpments on ports and the load centre concept.


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    Domestic containerization and the load centre concept


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    1994-01-01




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


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