Improving productivity in U.S. marine container terminals / / Committee on Productivity of Marine Terminals, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 388.5/44/068
• Soggetto topico: Marine terminals - United States - Design and construction; Marine terminals - Production control - United States; Cargo handling
• Note generali: Proceedings of National Meeting on Productivity of U.S. Marine Terminals held Jan. 8-10, 1986, Long Beach, Calif.--Cf. p. ix.
• Nota di contenuto: Improving Productivity in U.S. Marine Container Terminals -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Summary Report of the Committee on Productivity of Marine Terminals -- Findings -- State of the Art of Marine Container Terminals -- Marine Container Terminal Systems Engineering and Design -- Operating Systems -- Marine Container Terminal Operations -- Rail Operations -- Intermodal Operations -- Truck Operations -- Terminal Management -- Information Systems in Marine Terminals -- Labor-Management Relationships -- Impact of Government Policies on Container Terminals -- Comparison of U.S. and Foreign Marine Container Terminals -- Opportunities for Improving Productivity in Marine Terminals -- Measuring Productivity-A Precondition to Improvement -- Need to Gather Data -- Possible Uses of Data -- Improving Productivity Through Capital Investment -- Improving Productivity Through Operations Research -- Improving Productivity by Improving Working Relationships -- Achieving Mutually Supportive Labor-Management Relations -- A Process for Improving Productivity -- PART 1 WORKSHOP REPORTS -- Measures of Marine Container Terminal Productivity -- THE ELEMENTS AND CONSTITUENCIES INVOLVED IN PRODUCTIVITY -- A PROFILE OF PRODUCTIVITY MEASURES -- USING A PROFILE TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY -- Issues in Improving Productivity -- NEW TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRING MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT -- INCREMENTAL OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS NOT REQUIRING CAPITAL INVESTMENT -- Outside the Terminal Boundaries -- Gate Operations -- Other Terminal Operations -- IMPROVING LABOR AND MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE RELATIONS -- Innovative Labor and Management Practices -- Employment Continuity -- Multiskilling -- Flexible Hours -- Strengthening First-Line Supervision -- Summary -- Achieving Mutually Supportive Labor and Management Relations. ; Implications of Technological and Operational Factors for Competition and Trade -- PRINCIPAL FINDINGS -- PART 2 SYMPOSIUM PAPERS -- Introduction -- Trends in World Trade: Implications for U.S. Marine Terminals -- TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE -- THE ROLE OF THE U.S. ECONOMY IN THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE PACIFIC BASIN -- GOVERNMENT POLICY IMPACT ON WORLD TRADE -- CORPORATE STRATEGIES -- The Marine Terminal-An Element of Transportation Systems -- PRODUCTIVITY FROM A RAIL TRANSPORTATION PERSPECTIVE -- Improving System Productivity -- MARINE TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY AS IT RELATES TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY -- Grounded Container Operations -- Gate Operations -- Available Productive Working Hours at a Marine Terminal -- MARINE CONTAINER TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY -- Who Cares? -- How to Improve Stevedoring Productivity -- The Ship -- The Crane -- Other Container-Handling Equipment -- The Terminal -- The Human Element -- Planning -- Control and Management -- Labor -- Conclusion -- PRODUCTIVITY CONCERNS IN INTERMODAL TERMINAL OPERATIONS -- Discussion -- U.S. Marine Terminal Technology and Operation -- TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION IN U.S. MARINE TERMINALS -- The Rail Perspective -- Civil Engineering Aspects -- Labor Productivity and Manning Levels -- Equipment and Facilities -- Management Systems -- Bulk Cargo Systems -- Summary -- MARINE TERMINAL OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES -- Container-Handling Systems -- Which System is Best? -- Public Versus Private Container Terminals -- Overview of Operating Procedures -- Operations Control Center -- Export Container Flow to Terminal -- Vessel Discharge Planning -- Seaworthiness Aspects -- The Gate Complex -- Container Flow -- Throughput -- Container Terminal Cost Breakdown -- The Effect of Work Rules on Productivity -- Viewpoints Concerning Productivity. ; APPLICATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO MARINE TERMINAL OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY -- Automatic Equipment Control -- Training Technology -- Material-Handling Systems -- Decision Support Systems -- Conclusion -- THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN MARINE TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY -- Why Change? -- Competition -- Safety -- Direction of Change -- Work Force Reduction -- Stability of Employment -- Employee Involvement in Problem Solving -- Decentralization -- Multiskilling -- Incentive -- Labor-Management Cooperation -- Recommendations -- Productivity at Selected Foreign Marine Terminals -- TERMINAL PRODUCTIVITY AT EUROPE CONTAINER TERMINUS, ROTTERDAM: A VARIETY OF FACTORS -- Productivity: What is the Product? -- Productivity Control -- Future Trends -- Opportunities for Better Productivity and Cost Control -- TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS, AND PRODUCTIVITY AT MARINE TERMINALS OF SCANDINAVIA -- Historical Background -- Terminal Technology -- Terminal Access -- Open Areas -- Solid Ground -- Lighting -- Functional Layout -- Large Free-Span Sheds -- Handling Equipment -- Terminal Operation -- Productivity -- PRODUCTIVITY OF CANADIAN MARINE TERMINALS -- Conclusion -- The Importance of Productive, Efficient Intermodal Transportation for International Competitiveness -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A Biographies of Committee Members -- Appendix B List of Participants -- National Meeting on Productivity of Marine Terminals -- Committee -- Invited Participants -- Staff -- Appendix C Agenda -- Appendix D Composition of Workshops -- Work Group on Measures of Marine Container Terminal Productivity -- Work Group on Issues in Improving Productivity -- Work Group on Implications of Technological and Operational Factors for Competition and Trade.
• Sommario/riassunto: Is the U.S. marine terminal on the verge of becoming a bottleneck rather than a funnel for world general cargo commerce? This volume, prepared at the request of the U.S. Maritime Administration, appraises issues pertinent to the productivity of these marine terminals, addressing such topics as the state of the art of technology and engineering design in general cargo terminals; the comparison of technology and design with that of other countries; the interrelationship of port and terminal practices; and the implications of port and terminal costs, practices, engineering design, and use of technology.
• Titolo autorizzato: Improving productivity in U.S. marine container terminals
• ISBN: 1-280-22187-9; 9786610221875; 0-309-59465-0; 0-585-09934-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953240803321
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