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FM 55-80 Army Container Operations

FM 55-80

Army Container Operations

Army · FM · Aug 1997 · 149 pages

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TO INTERMODALISM 1-1. BACKGROUND. The DOD relies on commercial sealift to move 85 percent of cargo during contingency operations. The US and world merchant fleets are dominated by large, fast containerships with supporting corporate infrastructure (for example, CHE, terminals, information systems, tractors/chassis, and experienced personnel). Experience in ODS revealed that DOD was unprepared to use effectively, containers and containerships to move UE and ammunition. This contributed, in conjunction with port saturation and lack of ITV, to the slow deployment of CS/CSS forces and resulted in significant delays in moving Class V resupply. Also, large numbers of small, slow breakbulk vessels were used instead of containerships which resulted in significant costs in time and money.

DesignationFM 55-80

EditionAug 1997

StatusSuperseded

Pages149

FunctionSustainment

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 16

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TC 104Not in the Vault
FM 55Not in the Vault
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