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CONTAINERIZATION AND

PALLETIZATION IN RAILTRANSPORT



CONTAINERIZATION

Containers are the generic carriers of goods which can be

loaded onto any ehicle or ty!e or trans!ort which !roide the

standard o!tion when trans!orting goods or "aterial oer

longer distances



CONTAINERIZATION

Containers hae been standardi#ed in ter"s of ca!acity$

"aterial and si#e for ease of %se and handling&

This standardi#ation of containers e'!edite c%sto"s officialsins!ect and clear goods for



CONTAINERIZATION

There are ISO standards as to the si#e and weight of

containers$ and this standard is defined in accordance with the

ty!e of trans!ortation being %sed to shi! the containers



CONTAINERIZATION

There are fie ty!es of standard containers&

(These are "eas%res in TE) *twenty foot e+%ialents( that is$

the e+%ialent ca!acity of a standard ,- foot or ,- foot high(

c%be . half height container/&

(0or e'a"!le$ the "a'i"%" gross "ass for a ,- foot cargo

container is 1-$23- 4g$ and 12$--- 4g for a 2- foot container&



CONTAINERIZATIONThe fie standard container ty!es are5

(,- foot

(2- foot

(26 foot(23 foot

(61 foot

and incl%de the ariants s%ch as high(c%be and half height

container ty!es



CONTAINERIZATION2- foot high(c%be container



CONTAINERIZATION,- foot half height container



CONTAINERIZATION



CONTAINERIZATION7T8 9erhad has "ade large inest"ents in the ac+%isition of

wagons and at !resent they can carry a total of 1$6-- TE)s of

cargo at a ti"e&

7T8 9erhad carries only ISO standard containers&



CONTAINERIZATION7T8 9erhad has "ade large inest"ents in the ac+%isition of

wagons and at !resent they can carry a total of 1$6-- TE)s of

cargo at a ti"e&

(7T8 9erhad carries only ISO standard containers&

(:igh c%be 2-(feet containers are c%rrently carried betweenSinga!ore.Pasir ;%dang < I!oh and Prai < Padang 9esar only&



CONTAINERIZATIONThe container train serice !lies the ro%te between the nation=s

fo%r rail(connected !orts *9%tterworth$ Port 7lang$ Pasir

;%dang and Tan>%ng Pele!as/ and Inland Stations . Inland

Clearance De!ots&

(Daily serices are also aailable fro" both 9%tterworth andPort 7lang to 8alaysia?s first Inland. Dry Port in I!oh&



CONTAINERIZATION

As for inter"odalis"$ 7T8 9erhad also o!erates Container

De!ots thro%gh its wholly(owned s%bsidiary& 8%lti"odal 0reight

is Sdn&9hd& It=s also licensed to ha%l containers by road&

(7T8 9erhad had !roided an efficient inter"odal door(to(door

serice for its rail(ha%led containers&



CONTAINERIZATION7T8 "anages its own Container De!ots at Padang

9esar$ 9%tterworth$ Port 7lang and Pasir ;%dang&

7T8 9erhad has also established connections with other

container ter"inals by haing rail lin4s to their de!ots& The

ter"inals incl%de@

/ Prai * 7ontena Nasional and 7onsorti%" Per4a!alan

Inland Container De!ot/

,/ I!oh * I!oh Container Ter"inal . Dry Port /

1/ Sega"at * Sega"at Inland Port /2/ Pasir ;%dang Container Bard

6/ Singa!ore *to PSA thro%gh an inde!endent Road

:a%lier/

/ Padang 9esar Container Bard



CONTAINERIZATION



CONTAINERIZATION7T8 9erhad=s Landbridge Serices 4ic4ed off on %ne 1$

when a trainload of containers "ade its way fro" Sri Setia$

Selangor to 9angs%e$ Thailand&

(The eent "ar4ed a new era in the rail trans!ort ind%stry in the

Asean region&

(The serice was seen as not only a s"art !artnershi! between

7T8 9erhad and road trans!ort o!erators$ as well as essel

o!erators and freight forwarders$ b%t also as a way to enhance

bilateral trans!ort ties between 7T8 9erhad and State Railwayof Thailand *SRT/&



CONTAINERIZATIONThe International Landbridge 0reight Serices is testi"ony of

7T8 9erhad=s co""it"ent towards the setting %! of the Trans(

Asia Rail Lin4$ the !ro!osed connection that has the

!otential to strengthen and enhance trade between Asean and

China&(7T8 9erhad is c%rrently o!erating ,3 serices wee4ly between

Port 7lang ( 9ang4o4 ( Port 7lang$ Singa!ore ( 9ang4o4 (

Singa!ore$ Singa!ore ( S%rat Thani ( Singa!ore and Port 7lang

( :atyai ( Port 7lang&



CONTAINERIZATION

8oing ca!acity thro%gh the serice$ a total of 62 TE)s of ,-(

feet e+%ialent %nits of cargo can be "oed !er tri!$ with an

aerage of $6-- TE)s wee4ly&

(Cargoes nor"ally trans!orted %sing this serice incl%de steel$

che"ical$ gy!s%" boards$ "achinery$ electronic !rod%cts and

cons%"er goods&



CONTAINERIZATIONThe Adantages of Landbridge Serices

(Shorter traelling ti"e < e&g& - ho%rs trael ti"e ia rail is

e+%ialent to fie to seen days by sea and three to fo%r days

by road

(No transfer re+%ired at border$ th%s !reenting !ilferage anddo%ble handling

(Cost effectie trans!ortation "ethod ( i&e& freight rates are

chea!er by 6F to 1-F for shi!!ers fro" Penang$ I!oh and

Port 7lang(Sec%rity g%aranteed < container %ses only one seal for the

whole >o%rney as seal ins!ection is done >ointly by 8alaysian

and Thai C%sto"s



CONTAINERIZATION



CONTAINERIZATION

(:ori#ontal "ar4ing which additionally incl%des co%ntry$ si#e

and ty!e codes *in accordance with the 36 ersion of DIN

ISO 12/

( A!!ro!riate abbreiations are %sed for the ario%s co%ntries$

here )S for )nited States of A"erica$ ;9 for ;reat 9ritain etc&



CONTAINERIZATION(The first digit of the si#e code indicates the length of the

container$ with the n%"ber 2 standing for a 2-? container&

(The second digit indicates height and whether or not a

goosenec4 t%nnel is !resent& In o%r e'a"!le$ the n%"ber 1

stands for a height of 3 foot inches *3?G/ with goosenec4

t%nnel&



CONTAINERIZATION(The first digit of the ty!e code indicates container ty!e& :ere

"eans that the container is a closed container with entilation

o!enings&

(The second digit of the ty!e code relates to s!ecial feat%res&The - %sed here "eans o!ening at the end&



CONTAINERIZATION



CONTAINERIZATIONThe world?s containers are !ri"arily owned by two ty!es of

co"!anies@

(ocean container carriers

(container leasing co"!anies&

The leasing co"!anies "an%fact%re the steel bo' or !%rchase

it fro" container "an%fact%rers$ and then lease it to shi!!ing

and trans!ort co"!anies&



CONTAINERIZATIONThe shipping and transport companies own and o!eratea!!ro'i"ately 11F of ,-ft and F of 2- ft containers&

Figure: World Container Fleet by Main Owner *tho%sands of TE)s/



CONTAINERIZATION



CONTAINERIZATIONThe to! fie container leasing co"!anies in ter"s of fleet

holding are@

(Transa"erica Leasing

(;ESeaCo

(Te'tainer

(;ro%! Triton Container International

(Inter!ool ;ro%!



PALLETIZATIONPalleti#ation

8ethod of storing and trans!orting goods on a !allet and

shi!!ed as a %nit load&

It !er"its standardi#e ways of handling load with the %se of

standard "echanical e+%i!"ent s%ch as the for4 lift&



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