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International Trade Procedures and Documentation

Notes 12. The party who undertakes to carry the goods for payment e.g., the shipping company or
the airways, is called the ...............................
13. ........................................ is a fully Web-based system to be used to control a door-to-door
transport where several transport modes are involved.
14. A .......................... is the relationship created by the transfer of possession (not title) of an
item of personal property by one party called the bailor, to another party called the bailee,
for the accomplishment of a particular purpose.
15. The main function of ........................ is receipt, dispatch and clearance of Containerized
Cargo, up-to-date inventory control and tracking system to locate containers/cargo.

10.6 Summary

The use of containers has not only facilitated but has also revolutionized the carriage of
goods among the developed countries.
The exporters in developing countries are also making greater use of containers for the
transportation of the goods.
Train or road to the seaports carries the containers, where they are loaded on the ships for
onward transportation to their destination.

The exporters do not need to carry the cargo to the seaports any longer rather they can
approach the container freight station or the Inland Container Depot (ICD) to book the
cargo there for transportation to the destination.
The custom clearance of the cargo is provided at ICDs and in the process, the exporters are
able to save lot of time.
The packing of cargo in a container can be done either in the container depot or in the
factory of the exporter.

10.7 Keywords

Container Management Systems: They are a New Dimension in Supply Chain Execution (SCE)
and Collaborative Logistics Technology. The basic concept is to develop a responsive system for
providing vital information inputs to decision makers and consignees for Efficient Asset Tracking
and Control of the goods in transit.
Conventional Liner Services: It include additional stops. These stops are concentrated in the
vicinity of the two end points. Each extra stop in a service attracts additional cargo from another
geographical area and thus increases revenue. The purpose of the additional stop may be to
achieve sufficient loads or enable a viable increase in frequency of service.
Open Sided Containers: These containers are designed to accommodate specific commodities
such as plywood, perishable commodities and livestock.
Shuttle Service: Shuttle services i.e. liner services between two points without intermediate
stops. Shuttles are extremely efficient and therefore produce services at the lowest cost.
Uncomplicated production makes them largely invulnerable to internal production disruptions.
Their disadvantage is their rigidity.

10.8 Review Questions

1. What do you understand by term ‘containerisation’? Discuss the genesis of containerisation.
2. Briefly discuss the development of containerisation in Indian scenario.

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