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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). By 1973, US, European and Asian container ship operators are carrying 4 million TEUs. Loading and unloading was particularly troublesome. Significance.

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Top 5 Free Online Resources for Freight Brokers

GlobalTranz

Are you ready to change the way your freight brokerage operates? There are other programs which are designed to train you in the basics of how to operate a more basic trucking-focused freight brokerage. These resources have everything you need to get your own business started, or to take your existing brokerage to the next level.

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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). By 1973, US, European and Asian container ship operators are carrying 4 million TEUs. Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation.

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Avis Budget Group CEO Aims to Reinvent Car Rental Industry

IoT World Today

Before joining the company in 2006, he had served as senior vice president of airport operations at United Airlines. Before joining Avis Budget Group, I headed up worldwide airport operations for United Airlines, overseeing ground operations, logistics, product development and customer service.

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Same concerns remain, when it comes to the truck driver shortage

247 Customs Broker

If it has not been for you, then perhaps you have going to different events. A good example of that was apparent in an October 2017 survey of 1,500 motor carriers conducted by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). Perhaps one of the most telling stats included in the report was that 70.6%

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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. part of our UNAMID (UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur)?—?were Somehow, he managed to walk back to the office late at night.

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Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

billion in operating cashflow by 2020, compared with the $700m forecast for Delphi Technologies over the same period. Richards has been with Delphi for 27 years and in that time has held a variety of technical and global leadership roles in the logistics, production control, supply quality, operations and engineering departments.