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Title: CONTAINERIZATION IN TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PERISHABLES
Accession Number: 00200177
Record Type: Component
Abstract: CONTAINERIZATION SEEMS TO HAVE GENERATED RENEWED INTEREST, INVESTMENT, ENTHUSIASM AND ACTIVITY IN FREIGHT TRANSPORT BECAUSE IT OFFERS EFFICIENCY, A BETTER TRANSPORT JOB, IN TERMS OF LOWER COST, LESS PRODUCT LOSSES, AND MORE RAPID MOVEMENT. RESEARCH ON THE CONTAINERIZED MOVEMENTS OF PERISHABLES IS REPORTED. PIGGYBACK-CONTAINERIZATION MOVEMENTS OF PERISHABLES OFFER GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPORT OF FARM PERISHABLES FROM FARM TO MARKET AND FROM PROCESSING PLANTS TO CONSUMER OUTLETS. THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORT SERVICE HAS GROWN RAPIDLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS AND SHOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BETTER DATA IS NEEDED TO MEASURE ACCURATELY THE SIZE OF ITS RECENT GROWTH AND TO MAKE MEANINGFUL ESTIMATES OF ITS FUTURE ROLE IN TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PERISHABLES. TECHNOLOGICAL AND MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED FOR CONTAINERIZATION TO CONTRIBUTE ITS FULL BENEFIT TO PERISHABLES TRANSPORT.
Supplemental Notes: Paper sponsored by Committee on Intercity Highway Freight Transportation and presented at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01410105
Authors: Clayton, John EPagination: pp 54-59
Publication Date: 1967
Serial: Media Type: Print
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 27 1994 12:00AM
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