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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.”. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Significance. Significance.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. Readers' choice!

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Billion Dollar Port Plan Brings Mega-Retailer To Mexico

Elementum

As recently as Fall of 2014, the Lorenzo Cardenas-Houston route handled an average of only 10-20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a week. The ultimate goal of the project is to create a more attractive, comprehensive, and integrated supply and value chain for foreign manufacturers and importers. freight imports anytime soon.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

After graduating from the University of Oxford, Hunter Yaw worked as a project manager for several companies, including as the Head of Special Projects, Fuel Logistics for the Sochi 2014 Organizing committee. “Data science can bring great gains for…” Logistics efforts of retailers and manufacturers. ScienceSoft.