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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.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Significance.

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

Supply Chain Game Changer

In 2014, I accepted to support the World Economic Forum in developing the supply chain and transport industries. Since 2010, I have been supporting startups, like Hyperloop Transportation Technologies as well as asset owners – including serving on various boards. A role that I left end of 2018. Currently, I am in Hong Kong.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

Global Maritime Routes and Chokepoints Maritime routes are a few kilometers wide corridors that connect economic regions and cross land transportation gaps. These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia.

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

NC State SCRC

Freight rates are going crazy…and this is really hard to comprehend: the producer price index for all types of freight transportation arrangement (TL brokerage, LTL brokerage, intermodal marketing companies, ocean freight forwarders, air freight forwarders, etc.) Freight was completely flat… Until 2001, when they exploded upward.