FULLY SOLVED BOOK LASY 5 YEARS PAPERS SOLVED PLUS GUESS

UNIT –I BASIC CONCEPT OF CONTAINERIZATION 9
Introduction to Liner Shipping industry - Unitization concept and methods - Malcolm Mclean and the
birth of containerization - Generations of container ships and their specification - Container types,
their specifications and cargoes carried in them.
UNIT –II FREIGHTING AND SIZE OF CONTAINER 9
Container shipping business - FCL and LCL sea freight products - Freighting of FCL and LCL cargo -
Slot utilization strategies - Estimation of optimum container fleet size - Multiport LCL consolidation
UNIT – III CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYSICAL OPERATIONS 9
Containerisation: Concept, Classification, Benefits and Constraints, Container terminal businessWorld’s leading container terminals and location characteristics - container terminal infrastructure -
container terminal productivity and profitability-Inland container Depots(ICD)Roles and functions -
Container Freight Stations(CFS),Clearance at ICD, CONCOD,ICD's under CONCOD, Charting: Kinds
of Charter, Charter Party and Arbitration.
UNIT – IV CONTAINER TYPES AND BUSINESS 9
Container manufacturing trends - Container leasing business - Types of container leasing and their
terms - maintenance and repair of containers - tracking of container movements - Container
interchange.
UNIT – V MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT 9
Alternate uses of containers -marketing of used containers -carriage of shipper own containers -
multimodal transport options for containers -Insurance for containers -strategies for managing
container imbalance.
TOTAL: 45 PERIOD