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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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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

The latest smart manufacturing concept that we developed and demonstrated is the robot-on-a-cart concept for autonomous assembly or conveyer tending. As manufacturers continue to expand the various applications these systems can handle, we’ll see more firms designing lights-out facilities. . Drones & Autonomous Vehicles.

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Trump’s April Tariffs – Rundown, Implications and Freight Impact

Freightos

The executive order for these actions states that the tariffs are aimed at the (sometimes competing) goals of removing foreign barriers to US exports and creating barriers to foreign imports, both as ways to increase or restore domestic manufacturing. These duties will be applicable to all exports not loaded by April 9, 2025.

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Trump’s April Tariffs – Rundown, Implications and Freight Impact

Freightos

The executive order for these actions states that the tariffs are aimed at the (sometimes competing) goals of removing foreign barriers to US exports and creating barriers to foreign imports, both as ways to increase or restore domestic manufacturing. These duties will be applicable to all exports not loaded by April 9, 2025.

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