Containers offer a shipping method for small businesses that reduces theft, keeps the shipping load traveling together as a unit, and minimizes the likelihood of losing part of the cargo when shipped ...

A product developed by Greg Bushong of X-Body Equipment called the Acculoader, targets efficient loading of either 20-foot or 40-foot containers destined for export shipments. Bushong says that with ...

A strike by a small maritime union of radio operators has shut down the loading of a container ship at the Port of Seattle. The loading of the SS Maui, owned by the Honolulu-based Matson Navigation, ...

Container loading and packing optimisation constitute a critical area of research in logistics and supply chain management, focussing on the efficient arrangement of items within containers to ...

Classification society the Korean Register (KR) has published guidance outlining the technical measures necessary to safely load and carry containers on bulk cargo ships amid the current sustained ...

Bill Tigner, president of U.S. Shredder & Castings Group, based in Trussville, Ala., says if a yard is loading containers with equipment that produces less than desired tonnage or takes more than 30 ...

This article was taken from the November 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

The government has stepped in to resolve the container shortage situation to ensure adequate availability for exporters, with the Shipping Ministry and some other line ministries, like the Railways, ...