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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. Nascent Asian-US trade drives the return service.

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How the Bakken Oil Boom Impacts U.S. Supply Chains

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Libya, Iraq, Russia, and Venezuela have all seen incredible political turmoil as significant oil producers, yet diesel prices have stayed in a tight range for the last 12 months and are currently $0.065 per gallon cheaper than this time last year. Here is a short video of one such oil train in St.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. Nascent Asian-US trade drives the return service.

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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

I’m an engineer by training. I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. Safety and quality became key buying factors during procurement. If you’re a private company you don’t have to buy the lowest cost. I’m super excited that we have Roberto Reichard here today. I then decided to go back to school.

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

Material Handling & Logistics

Jim Shephard, president, Shephard’s Industrial Training Systems. ? Patiently, she explained that it was technically illegal to buy steel, or much else, from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), which we had yet to recognize. They developed a consistent method to train employees, then they assigned key individuals as mentors.