IMPROVING CARBON EFFICIENCY THROUGH CONTAINER SIZE OPTIMIZATION AND SHIPMENT CONSOLIDATION

Nang Laik Ma; Kar Way Tan

Proceedings of ICLT 2016

IMPROVING CARBON EFFICIENCY THROUGH CONTAINER SIZE OPTIMIZATION AND SHIPMENT CONSOLIDATION

Nang Laik Ma; Kar Way Tan

SIM University, Singapore; SIM University, Singapore

International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2016, Singapore, pp. 108-116

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Abstract

Most of the goods in the world today are manufactured in Asia due to affordable labor cost and finished goods are transported to the other parts of the world via containerized sea shipments. Many manufacturing companies choose to ship their products by purchasing full containers and take the responsibilities for packing the goods themselves. This is known as the Full Container Load (FCL). Another shipping option is known as less-than-container load (LCL).

Keywords

shipping; port; container; manufacturing

Citation

Nang Laik Ma; Kar Way Tan (2016). IMPROVING CARBON EFFICIENCY THROUGH CONTAINER SIZE OPTIMIZATION AND SHIPMENT CONSOLIDATION. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2016), Singapore, pp. 108-116.