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Non-Standard Units



Till mid of the 20th century various customer and product specific shipping units have been used as shipping units globally.

There was very less standardization in order to increase the efficiency. Handling was mostly manual or done by using simple tools. The size of those units was according to manual handling tiny in comparison to the ISO container. [Vahrenkamp 2005, pp. 327-329]

Bigger and heavier units would have needed special equipment like cranes or other loading gear. Those crates, boxes, bags, drums etc. have not disappeared but today those are stowed in ISO container, ULD or on palettes for easy handling of bigger quantities in one lot. [Vahrenkamp 2005, pp. 327-329]

Material handling equipment has been developed providing each participant in the supply chain the ability to handle those bigger standard shipping units.

Till mid of the 20th century various customer and product specific shipping units have been used as shipping units globally.

There was very less standardization in order to increase the efficiency. Handling was mostly manual or done by using simple tools. The size of those units was according to manual handling tiny in comparison to the ISO container. [Vahrenkamp 2005, pp. 327-329]

Bigger and heavier units would have needed special equipment like cranes or other loading gear. Those crates, boxes, bags, drums etc. have not disappeared but today those are stowed in ISO container, ULD or on palettes for easy handling of bigger quantities in one lot. [Vahrenkamp 2005, pp. 327-329]

Material handling equipment has been developed providing each participant in the supply chain the ability to handle those bigger standard shipping units.

See Equipment

Last change: 2011-11-16

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