The spending bill to keep the federal government running through fiscal 2023 includes updated measures for trucking and maritime sectors.
Nonprofit organization GivePower is using solar power to desalinate water and provide positive health, education and economic impacts for communities.
Folding five empty shipping containers into the space of one could curb smuggling, save shippers money and reduce emissions.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics produced a wide variety of charts and tables to help understand transportation and its consequences in 2021
Kubed Living is turning shipping containers into homes, offices and gyms.
Texas is using repurposed shipping containers as part of its $750 million border wall with Mexico.
Shipping container EV chargers can halve installation setup time and costs, Amply CEO Vic Shao said.
Domestic intermodal container volume growth over the past two months may not signal a definitive end to the rail yard blues, but it is a positive sign for supply chain managers.
Freight Farms is turning shipping containers into productive farms that require only 5 gallons of water per day.
Containers have been in short supply, exacerbated by gross trade imbalances between the U.S. and China. The surging flow of empties moving back to the West Coast implies the ships won’t be slowing anytime soon.
Greg Tuthill, chief commercial officer of SeaCube Containers, sizes up the market for refrigerated shipping containers during a fireside chat at FreightWaves Global Supply Chain Week.
A sweater can travel 3,000 miles for a few cents by sea — but it hasn’t always been that cheap.
Port cranes transport cargo a short distance but must be strong enough to load and unload thousands of pounds by the hour.
Shipping containers are known for their long-term durability — here’s a closer look.
Here are some examples of eco-friendly packing fillers.
Manufacturing outlook: The coming week will give some insights into the outlook for manufacturing activity in the Northeast region via the Empire State Manufacturing Index. The overall segment remains depressed […]
A strong U.S. economy should see Europe-North America container volume growth of 3%+ next year, but clouds hover over the trade.
Even a full U.S.-China trade deal might not stop shippers moving production out of China. But is the U.S. a realistic option?
The European Commission believes that container shipping lines need consortia to make “operations more financially viable and efficient.”
A recent inspection found that over half of containers had at least one deficiency.
Although consumption rates in Europe have remained durable and kept cargo demand reasonably buoyant this year, the U.S.-China trade war and ‘Brexit’ are casting dark clouds over the European economy […]
In this commentary by Ekim Saribardak, he writes about new track and trace technologies that can revolutionize the shipment of ocean freight.
Market expert Brian Aoaeh writes about the new Digital Shipping Container Alliance and why standards are important to industry. He also writes about why getting standards written and adopted is particularly difficult.
xChange is helping container lines reduce their dead miles, by providing them with one-way container moves or SOCs from 2500 locations across the world.
