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 Worldโ€™s 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,ICDโ€™s 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