article thumbnail

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.

Shipping 120
article thumbnail

[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.

Shipping 120
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

FMCSA Grants $1 Million to Veterans Who Want to Be Trained as Truck Drivers

GlobalTranz

Add to this the 2011 “Joining Forces” campaign which has educated over 380,000 veterans with plans to educate 435,000 more by 2018, and it’s clear the government is putting resources behind these goals.

article thumbnail

How Shipping Overcapacity Could Be Maersk’s Salvation

Freightos

The first Maersk E Class ship was delivered in 2006 and was able to carry 14,700 TEU, a world record at the time. In 2011, Maersk announced the Triple-E class, another world-record sized ship at 18,270 TEU. Not maliciously of course, Maersk Line’s profitability grew from -$482 million in 2011 to $2.5 billion in 2014.

article thumbnail

Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

It is standard procedure to unload some Mediterranean-bound ships and use the Sumed pipeline to move the excess cargo. billion tons of cargo (as of 2020). The majority of the transported cargo is made up of containers, grains, and petroleum. The Panamanian government decided to enlarge the Panama Canal in 2006.

Panama 52