Basics of Ocean Cargo Transport

Course Overview

This course provides a comprehensive overview of ocean shipping services, vessel space availability, and transit times. Participants will explore container innovations, the benefits of containerization, and various intermodal container types and chassis. The course covers container selection based on capacity, loading responsibilities, and alternatives to container use. Additionally, it examines traditional and modern shipping itineraries, hub-and-spoke port systems, and key ocean cargo routing criteria.

• Awareness of the wide scope of ocean shipping services and availability of vessel space in response to market demand.
• Awareness of ocean shipping transit time.
• Awareness of the container innovation
• Benefits of containerization in shipping
• Types of intermodal containers and chassis
• Container selection based on internal cube and weight capacity
• Characteristics of various types of container chassis
• Responsibility for container loading
• Alternatives to use of containers
• Traditional ocean vessel voyage itineraries
• Contemporary container ship itineraries
• Base ports using hub and spoke routings
• Ocean cargo routing criteria