JP 4-01.7 JTTP for Use of Intermodal Containers in Joint ... - BITS

•
•
•
•
•
•
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
COMMANDER’S OVERVIEW
Defines Intermodalism and Intermodal Containers
Discusses Standards, Specifications, Type, and Availability
Describes Special Purpose and/or Tactical Shelters
Provides Descriptions of Types of Transport
Explains Management and Control of Operations
Outlines Planning and Implementing Container Operations
Intermodal containers are
employed as part of the
Defense Transportation
System across the range of
military operations.
Commercially approved,
common standards are
established for
compliance.
Intermodalism and Intermodal Containers
Intermodalism is the transferring of passengers or
transshipping of cargo among two or more modes of
transportation. In concert with intermodalism,
containerization facilitates and optimizes carrying cargo via
multiple modes of transport (sea, highway, rail, and air) without
intermediate handling of the container contents.
Intermodal transportation that is flexible and fast is used
by the Department of Defense (DOD) to prepare, employ,
deploy, support, and sustain forces assigned or committed to
a theater of operations or objective area. Assets and systems
have been designed to facilitate rapid movement with
minimum impediments to the deployment flow.
Standardization facilitates ease of handling. Container
status and in-transit visibility of cargo are essential for
effective and efficient shipment of cargo, and the use of
containerships facilitates unit integrity and cargo security.
Standards and Specifications
Standards serve to ensure interoperability in the movement
of containers between modes and countries, increase efficiency
and effectiveness, and foster a seamless flow of cargo.
International standards are developed by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the American
National Standards Institute. Federal standards are contained
in rules and regulations that implement US law. There are
also Military Performance Specifications for containers.
ix