Cost and performance evaluation impacts of container vessels on seaport container terminals

The subject of this paper is a method of evaluating costs and performance of containerships as means of transport in the main part of the intermodal transport chain for ISO containers. The reason for doing so is the continuous development in size of containerships and the infrastructure development to cater for them, and the transport chain development in pre- and on-carriage that cannot be evaluated as risk-free. The method described will make clear that the factors for success or lack of success for large container ships can be found almost exclusively in the ports and their hinterland infrastructure