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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. Readers' choice! Significance.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

And the trees were introduced in China and Japan in the 19th and 20th centuries. the majority of trees are grown in Oregon, followed by North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Washington. The cost of trees in all cases will be affected by all of these factors, including higher shipping costs. In the U.S.

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How the Coronavirus is underscoring the relevance of Global Supply Chain throughput: From the Frontlines of Yokohama, Milan, and Southern Florida

ThroughPut

Logic would say that a visible American tech startup should be staying put in Silicon Valley, cancelling all international commitments with Italy, Japan and other international contacts, and waiting to let the coronavirus situation play-out. I’ll start with Japan. So I took a red-eye flight from New York City to Tokyo.

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Doing Business in South Korea

QAD

It is bordered by North Korea, the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea. At 99,720 sq km in size, the country is slightly smaller than the US state of Pennsylvania. It was occupied by Japan in 1905 and did not regain its independence until 1945. Its primary export trading partners were China , the US , Vietnam, Hong Kong and Japan.