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This paper provides an overview of recent innovations undertaken by American President Company (APC), the parent company of American President Lines (APL) and American President Intermodal (API), in the development of a full distribution service. This effort was undertaken primarily to reduce the costs of shipping containers from the West Coast, and has led to the introduction of double stack container train service.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Circular No. 332, Ports, Waterways, Intermodal Terminals, and International Trade Transportation Issues: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Summer Conference, July 7-10, 1987, Norfolk, Virginia. 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.

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Container cars; Costs; Doublestack service; Freight transportation; Railroad cars by type; Railroad transportation; Reduction (Chemistry); Shipping

Double stack container cars

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