Double-stack unit train container service: its commercial impact and value to the military skipper
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Authors
Bernhardt, Karl-Heinz
Subjects
Double-stack
twin-stack
COFC
container unit train
twin-stack
COFC
container unit train
Advisors
Boger, Dan C.
Date of Issue
1986-12
Date
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
Double-stack container train service was successfully introduced in 1984 and has
expanded rapidly since. The newly designed five-platform articulated well railroad car
serves as the vehicle. Space-age computer-assisted design has helped to engineer a
radical departure fi-om conventional railcar configuration and produce significant
weight and rolling resistance reductions. Commensurate with introduction of this new
generation of equipment, the ocean carriers and railroads have developed new
cooperative train scheduling procedures and container railcar handling methods.
Additionally, the higher volume of containers per stack train has forced a redesign of
railyards and marine terminals. Opportunities for unique military application of stack
train technology and possible container rate reductions await the military transporter.
The expedient maturation of stack train technology has provided an early opportunity
for a thorough review of its development, the impact upon the containerized freight
industry, and the stack trains' potential value to the military.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Management
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
70 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.