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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. McLean convinces the US Army that shipping containers provide a more reliable service (also eliminating dockside pilfering by Viet Cong sympathisers). Nascent Asian-US trade drives the return service. The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. McLean convinces the US Army that shipping containers provide a more reliable service (also eliminating dockside pilfering by Viet Cong sympathisers). Nascent Asian-US trade drives the return service. The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom.

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Export Compliance 101

Arena Solutions

Now, those last two, the MEU and the MIEU list, only pertain to Venezuela, Russia, and China. But you can see if you go back to 2009, 33 individuals and businesses were convicted. And added to that, lately, we’ve got Military End Users and Military Intelligence End Users that we screen for as well.