Containerization of bulk trades: A case study of US–Asia wood pulp transport

Containerization of bulk trades: A case study of US–Asia wood pulp transport
I. Summary
The primary purpose of the summary is to develop the nature of the background from which
the issue/problem/situation evolved. What is the environment that enabled this problem to exist?
In the latest centuries, containerization of bulk cargo has gradually appeared, especially along
the trade route between the US and East Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea). An imbalance
between eastbound and southbound container cargo movements along this path is one of the key
variables in the creation of this occurrence (Kawasaki & Matsuda, 2014). The variables affecting
containerization, however, have not yet been identified. We perform empirical analysis to know
how, based on the current financial circumstances, shippers choose transportation modes.
In carrying wood pulp, a mass commodity that travels from the United States in East Asia,
we strive to disclose the critical variables in selecting bulk carriers versus container vessels. Our
findings can help shippers and shipping businesses secure the most advantageous method of
travel. Our primary finding is that there are differences between the three East Asian nations in
the impact of financial variables on the transport mode choice.
II. Problem
Containerization is a comparatively fresh technology, so you may not have the IT knowledge
of your organization to correctly configure containers. Nathaniel Quist, the chief risk investigator
at Palo Alto Networks, said that more often than you believe, "IT managers attempt to correctly
configure their containers, possibly keeping them exposed and generating important safety
hazards for their organization." There are many challenges faced by IT personnel like the
selection of adapting processes for supporting containers, selecting suitable and right container
technology, maintaining container security, using required infrastructure for containers, etc.
III. Significance of the problem
By altering the fundamental structure of a Second World War tanker ship, Malcolm McLean
circumvented this protracted shipping transport problem.
During the containerization, security is the main aspect to look after as it is difficult to move
data securely between locations and/or cloud services. Building and applying applications to the
container are uncertainty with limited knowledge, increasing container security risk, as there are
many limitations for porting applications from cloud-to-cloud or on-premise to cloud. Such
problem results in deploying these applications to any private data center, the public cloud, or to
any developer’s personal laptops (Rua, 2014).