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Successful Cargo Space Delivery

Freightos

Which is why we’re taking our hats off to SpaceX for delivering 7,000 lbs of cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) this week using a reusable rocket – the Falcon 9. Check out how you might have booked this shipment as a freight quote on Freightos. A Space cargo ship sounds like science fiction.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. All those books would weigh 49,000 kilograms – half the cargo mass of a Boeing 747-200F. Empire State Buildings.

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Top 10 Logistics Companies in India!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The company is the choice of businesses that want hassle-free EXIM Cargo services. Along with EXIM Cargo, Apollo LogiSolutions also provides services that include: Freight Forwarding Port Clearance Customs Brokerage & Handling Warehousing & Bonded Warehouses Third-Party Logistics First-Mile & Last-Mile Connectivity.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Mr. Gladwell cites Malcolm McLean in the book " David and Goliath.". 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.”. Significance. Loading costs plummet.

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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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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

And in Panama a huge transshipment area will grow where they will will do break bulk, put cargo onto smaller ships and send to North America. He notes that this is similar to the 2006-2007 market where capacity was becoming constrained. In the regulatory environment, there are a number of regulations that are on the books.

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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. Nearly 13% of the world’s TEU capacity on the order book belongs to Maersk. The total TEU capacity of ships on its order books is over 375,000 TEU. Twenty such ships were ordered. The Bottom Line.