AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF CARGO HANDLING--Ⅵ CONTAINERIZATION Determination of Optimum Sizes and Economic Feasibility of Shipping Containers

摘要

In January 1955 a direct mail survey, comprising one hundred and six letters, was initiated regarding the use of shipping containers in water, land, and air transportation networks. Seventy responses from shipping companies, educators, military installations and manufacturers throughout the United States and several foreign countries provided a wealth of information which supplemented by a library search and numerous visits to shipping companies in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Areas gave a comprehensive picture of the “state of the art” of containerization. These preliminary efforts led to the following consensus: