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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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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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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

and BNSF Railway have issued more embargoes—restrictions placed on the amount of cargo that can be transported—than in previous years. The companies launched their pilot program about a year ago to autonomously transport goods between Dallas and Houston. This year, Union Pacific Corp.