Neo-bulk cargo

Neo-bulk cargo

In the ocean shipping trade, neo-bulk cargo is a type of cargo that is a subcategory of general cargo, alongside the other subcategories of break-bulk cargo and containerized cargo.[1] (Gerhardt Muller, erstwhile professor at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and Manager of Regional Intermodal Planning of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, promotes it from a subcategory to being a third major category of cargo in its own right, alongside general and bulk cargo.[2][3]) It comprises goods that are prepackaged, counted as they are loaded and unloaded (as opposed to bulk cargo where individual items are not counted), not stored in containers, and transferred as units at port.[1] Types of neo-bulk cargo goods include heavy machinery, lumber, bundled steel, scrap iron, bananas, waste paper, and cars.[1][4][3] The category has only become recognized as a distinct cargo category in its own right in recent decades.[2][3]

Ocean vessels that are designed to carry specific forms of neo-bulk cargo, such as dedicated car-carrying ships, are called neo-bulk carriers.[4] They are specially designed for the individual types of neo-bulk cargoes that they carry, although car-carriers can sometimes double-up to carry different types of cargo on a return journey. In 2000, the largest neo-bulk car carrier in the world was Wallenius Wilhelmsen, with a fleet of 20 carriers and a total haulage that year of 1.5 million vehicles.[5] Other special designs of neo-bulk carriers include log-carriers that are designed to tip their load over the side of the vessel into the water, relying upon the fact that logs will float, and specialist carriers for newsprint and livestock.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c CambridgeSystematics 1998, pp. 79.
  2. ^ a b Muller 1998, pp. 90.
  3. ^ a b c Muller 1995, pp. 3.
  4. ^ a b Seyoum 2008, pp. 207.
  5. ^ a b Wood et al. 2002, pp. 106.

Reference bibliography

  • Cambridge Systematics (1998). Multimodal corridor and capacity analysis manual. Transportation Research Board. ISBN 9780309060721. 
  • Seyoum, Belay (2008). "Trade documents and Transportation". Export–Import Theory, Practices, and Procedures (2nd ed.). Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780789034199. 
  • Muller, Gerhardt (1998). "Transportation Modes". In Tompkins, James A.; Smith, Jerry D.. Warehouse Management Handbook (2nd ed.). Tompkins Press. ISBN 9780965865913. 
  • Muller, Gerhardt (1995). Intermodal freight transportation (3rd ed.). Intermodal Association of North America. 
  • Wood, Donald F.; Barone, Anthony P.; Murphy, Paul R.; Wardlow, Daniel L. (2002). "Ocean Ships and Shipping". In Wood, Donald F.. International logistics (2nd ed.). AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn. ISBN 9780814406663. 

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