MI4059 Containerization and Allied Business Syllabus:
MI4059 Containerization and Allied Business Syllabus โ Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
๏ท To provide an overview of the various elements of containerization and allied businesses
๏ท To realize the potential of containerization and allied businesses
UNIT I BASIC CONCEPT OF CONTAINERIZATION
Introduction to Liner Shipping industry โ Unitization concept and methods โ Malcolm Mclean and the birth of containerization โ Generations of container ships and their specification โ Container types, their specifications and cargoes carried in them.
UNIT II FREIGHTING AND SIZE OF CONTAINER
Container shipping business โ FCL and LCL sea freight products โ Freighting of FCL and LCL cargo โ Slot utilization strategies โ Estimation of optimum container fleet size โ Multiport LCL consolidation
UNIT III CHARACTERISTICS AND PHYSICAL OPERATIONS
Containerisation: Concept, Classification, Benefits and Constraints, Container terminal business Worldโs leading container terminals and location characteristics โ container terminal infrastructure โ container terminal productivity and profitability-Inland container Depots(ICD)Roles and functions โ Container Freight Stations(CFS),Clearance at ICD, CONCOD,ICDโs under CONCOD, Charting: Kinds of Charter, Charter Party and Arbitration.
UNIT IV CONTAINER TYPES AND BUSINESS
Container manufacturing trends โ Container leasing business โ Types of container leasing and their terms โ maintenance and repair of containers โ tracking of container movements โ Container interchange.
UNIT V MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT
Alternate uses of containers -marketing of used containers -carriage of shipper own containers โ multimodal transport options for containers -Insurance for containers -strategies for managing container imbalance.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
COURSE OUTCOMES:
๏ท The students will learn the practices and ways to promote containerization and allied businesses
๏ท The learners will have a complete idea about the different concepts, trends and strategies used for containerization and allied businesses
REFERENCES:
1. Marc Levinson, The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, Princeton University Press, 2008.
2. Dr. K. V. Hariharan, Containerisation, Multimodal Transport & Infrastructure Development In India, Sixth Edition, Shroff Publishers and Distributors, 2015.
3. Lee, C.-Y., Meng, Q. (Eds.), Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics Making Global Supply Chains Effective, Springer, 2015
4. Coyle et.al, Management of Transportation, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2011