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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

It has radically transformed supply chains, fundamentally changed domestic and international economies across the world, and changed societies in the process – all the while driving trillions dollars in annual trade. Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Significance.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

These routes are typically found connecting important marketplaces with active commercial trade systems, such as Western Europe, North America, and East Asia. 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).

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. It manages the supply chain for 69% of the Fortune 100 companies. The strength of DSV Panalpina is the strong network of trucking in Europe, North America and South Africa.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

I certainly saw a lot of exhibitors touting their AI capabilities, especially when it came to more informed decision making across the entire supply chain network. This means that air cargo is about to play an expanded role in the supply chain ecosystem. But I will get into the details in a future article.