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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Significance. Significance.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Significance. Loading costs plummet.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. It serves as a detour for ships traveling between ports in Europe, America, and ports in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania. meters in 2001.

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Supply chains remain wonky… and will continue that way for awhile (Jason Miller blog part 4)

NC State SCRC

Freight was completely flat… Until 2001, when they exploded upward. Air freight is flying high… Another crazy plot: inbound international air prices from Asia to the USA are up 103.8% are escalating, as shown in the chart below. Pooled together, prices had barely budged since 1997.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I am judge of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards and the Automotive Logistics Awards Europe. I am living between three major economic platforms, the US, Europe, and Asia. Subsequently, we set up strategic partnerships across the globe, including Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the United States.