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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Significance.

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US Imports Help Fuel Strong, Long-Term LTL Growth

Blue Grace Logistics

The US less-than-truckload (LTL) freight market is getting bigger, and not just because truckload and intermodal capacity are tight. Executives at publicly owned LTL companies say they see a long runway for growth from sources including containerized imports, and they don?t When bringing in a pallet of components by air cargo, I?m

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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. Did You Know That ….

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How leading supply chain teams invest in technology

FreightWaves SONAR

These companies could see the effects that the pandemic had on the supply chain develop in real time: from sudden stockouts at retail locations to increased demand, tighter transportation capacity, supplier delays and finally an overwhelming surge of imports that clogged ports and intermodal ramps. Still, blind spots popped up.

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FESCO Launches Overland Shuttle from China to Germany

Logistics Manager

The service will mainly be used for transportation of consumer goods and equipment. The service was launched by FESCO to increase transportation volumes of transit containerized goods over Russian territory and to expand the geography of the company’s services.

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Port of NY/NJ reaches new heights in 2017

247 Customs Broker

The new ExpressRail Port Jersey intermodal facility, slated to open this December, will add 250,000 lifts per year in rail capacity to the port, yielding a total port-wide capacity of 1.5 Customs & Border Patrol is essential to your cargo clearing customs. million lifts per year. million lifts per year. Compliance to U.S.

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The Port of Santos

Now, That's Logistics

USD goods and services trade surplus with Brazil in 2016; the combined trade volume (imports and exports) between the two countries was $88.2B. So besides containerized cargo, the Port of Santos features a wide variety of bulk cargo-handling terminals—both solid and liquid. million tons to 230 million tons.

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