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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Ceiling year of a study of 22 industrialised countries (Uni.

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How to Create a Truckload Strategy That Works in Any Market

Talking Logistics

We have been studying truck freight attributes and strategies since 2006. Here are a few examples of factors that can influence your strategy. For example, ask your asset carriers what lanes they need and how much volume to increase their yield. Find the right mix of asset providers.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Example of the increasing coordination between seaports as a result of containerization.

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Whatever it takes: One woman’s story of persistence in West Darfur

World Food Programme Logistics

In 2006, four colleagues returned to their car following a community meeting in Dorti camp in Geneina, when several men jumped in, forced them into the back seat of their vehicle and drove miles away. For example, in Ardamata we found a 13-year-old girl who became pregnant after being raped by three men?—?she

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

This estimate is according to responses provided by 83 percent of the manufacturing executives who participated in a survey conducted as part of an industry study by the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte Consulting LLP. Improving relevant education — The U.S. Personnel development must be cultivated by ongoing training for workers.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

247 Customs Broker

Gilmore Says… In a great example of the balance in this book, Sheffi notes the actual evidence of consumer preference for Green products is tenuous at best. In fact, after reading Sheffi’s examples, I’m surprised more companies haven’t been forced to be zealous advocates.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. For example, in a story I remembered that we ran in 2014, a company called Parkdale Mills had recently re-opened a factory near Gaffney, SC that now produces 2.5