经过近一个世纪的发展,集装箱运输已被世界公认为先进的现代化运输方式和本世纪“运输史上的革命”。伴随着改革开放政策的实施,国民经济的发展,对外贸易的扩大,我国的集装箱运输发展很快。仅就国际集装箱而言,1985年全国进出境量为73万TEU,1996年已经发展到1236.6万TEU,11年中增长了近17倍,年递增率为29％。同时铁路发送量从1985 After nearly a century of development, container shipping has been recognized by the world as an advanced mode of transportation and the “revolution in transport history” of this century. With the implementation of the policy of reform and opening up, the development of the national economy and the expansion of foreign trade, China’s container transport has developed rapidly. In terms of international containers, in 1985, the total number of inbound and outbound countries was 730,000 TEUs. In 1996, it had grown to 12,366,000 TEUs, an increase of nearly 17 times in 11 years and an annual increase rate of 29%. At the same time the amount of railway traffic from 1985