The importance of shipping to the global economy is not to be under-estimated. Some 11 billion tons of goods are transported by sea carriers each year, according to the International Chamber of ...
Managing containers is a recurring challenge for trucking and third-party logistics firms that have freight forwarding and intermodal operations. One challenge is getting containers into the country ...
As of Tuesday, 77 container ships were waiting to dock at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Most container ships like these hold between 10,000 and 21,000 20-foot standard shipping containers, ...
Container shipping lines need to shrink or merge to weather one of the worst downturns in decades, industry experts say. Marine carriers face “gale force headwinds” this year, with the global ...
Containers are in use more than ever, but for shorter stretches -- indicating they may be complementing existing IT modes, not displacing them Containers are here to stay. But this raises genuinely ...