Problem of high labor costs due to insufficient mechanization and automation; labor presently accounts for 48 to 60% of total transportation costs, and 60 to 75% of cost of transporting cargo by sea is accounted for while ship is at dock; unitized cargo-handling systems and their advantages to customer and shipowner are summarized; cost and time of handling cargo in break-bulk and unitized system are projected. (See also Soc Naval Architects and Mar Engrs -- Paper for meeting n 11 Nov 17-18 1960 31 p)


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    Title :

    Competitive general cargo ships


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


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    Publication date :

    1960


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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