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1 . Advantages and disadvantages of the land-bridge system

This is a landmass in which ISO approved containers are transported from the ships they have been offloaded from , in one port , to other ports in another coast . They are usually transported by trucks or rail to these coasts for a further journey by ship . In the US , Continental United States (CONUS ) is a good example of this type of system , and it is used to connect the

west and east coasts by use of trains . This has a potential advantage of improving shipping of cargo from the Far East and West Coast to Europe . This is due to the reason that ships avoid transits through the Panama Canal , which increases the shipping speed The land bridge system covers a relatively shorter distance , which ensures that ships use lesser time to transport cargo . This is very important especially when the cargo being transported is required in a very short time , or if it can go bad if it spends too much time at sea

The fact that the land bridge system takes less time and uses a shorter route , means that less costs are incurred in transporting cargo in the sea (Marks et . al , 1999 . This is advantageous to the transporters who incur lesser expenses and make higher profits . It is also advantageous to consumers of the cargo being transported since lesser transport costs may translate to cheaper purchase prices

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