load center : this concept stimulat

load center : this concept stimulated the sophistication of today's transport world. As ships grew to hold more containers, they became more expensive t operate. One way to reduce costs was to hold down the number of port calls. In order to fill the ships at fewer ports, the cargo has to be funneled into these load centers. The simplification and organization of movements of cargo has become the fair-haired child o transportation specialists. An entirely new set of terms has developed around the concept