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Title:

FREIGHT TERMINALS AND THE NEED FOR A COMMON COMMUNICATIONS CODE

Accession Number:

00472295

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/08926891

Abstract:

The rapid growth of the container transportation industry to date has revolutionized the movement of goods throughout the world. However, the great volume of these movements has brought attendant problems not the least of which is the handling, processing, and exchange of data that efficient control requires. The first logical step of automation has been taken but, in general, on a localized scale within a particular firm or carrier's organization. When these automated systems need to fit together as shipping lines, intermodal railroads, truckers, freight terminals, and other transportation providers get together, the individual systems are found not to be compatible. This results in an immediate bar to cooperation in the information data exchange field. The principal problem lies with the multiplicity of codes or languages used or being developed to communicate the required data elements within a given automated system. The author has been witness to the difficulty of trying to obtain agreement between two parties, each of whom has his own individual communication code. Even when a compromise between two codes results, a third code is added to the proliferation. The proposal outlined in this paper attempts to solve this problem by providing a standard communications code for use between operators, leaving each individual operator free to use the internal operating code of its choice. This proposed communications code is already being considered within the Technical Committee on Freight Containers (TC104) of the International Standards Organization (ISO). Development of this code, along with two other related items, should greatly facilitate the automatic transmission and processing of data between operators in the execution of container control and movement.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board State-of-the Art Report 4, Facing the Challenge, The Intermodal Terminal of the Future, Conference on Intermodal Freight Terminal Design, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2-5, 1986. 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

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Jefferson, F J

Pagination:

p. 130-133

Publication Date:

1986

Serial:

State-of-the-Art Report

Issue Number: 4
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0892-6891

Conference:

Facing the Challenge. The Intermodal Terminal of the Future

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Date: 1986-3-2 to 1986-3-5
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board, American Association of Port Authorities, American Railway Engineering Association, Intermodal Institute

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jul 31 1987 12:00AM

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