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The World’s Shippers Are Earning the Most Money Since 2008

Supply Chain Brain

The global shipping industry is getting its biggest payday since 2008 as the combination of booming demand for goods and a global supply chain that’s collapsing under the weight of COVID-19 drives freight prices ever higher.

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Innovative Synergies: Logistics Tech Lessons from Other Industries

Freightos

For bulk, the market crash in 2008 was a turning point that pushed its derivatives market to maturity and led to the widespread hedging in bulk today. Bulk shipping proves reliable contracts and price risk management within a volatile market are possible, and digitized rates will be one factor that helps the container market get there too.

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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

With more than 100 years of experience in the shipping business, we have made a lot of connections. In December 2008, the United States Senate agreed to a resolution that designated December 13, 2008, as Wreaths Across America Day. BROWN DOG is located in Biddeford Maine and is able to work with clients in all parts of the USA.

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The Potential Impact on Shipping of a Global Recession

Intelligent Audit

The question now is what will the impact of such a recession be, particularly on shipping. What Happens to Shipping. Shipping, especially global shipping, is uniquely vulnerable to recessions and the effects of the downturn of 2008-2009 are still being felt today. Which, in turn, will drastically impact shipping.

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Container ships to soon ‘sea’ low-carbon investments

Resilinc

Container ships are the backbone of world trade. According to Statista, the world’s merchant container ship fleet grew from 11 million metric tons (mt) of deadweight tonnage (a measure of a vessel’s weight-carrying capacity) to 275 million mt in 2020—a 2500% increase.

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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. Readers' choice! Significance.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

The History of the Shipping Container. 26 April 2016 marks the 60th anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X and the birth of modern container shipping, a development that played a critical role in spurring the global economy. But the modern shipping container has changed much more than one industry. Category Key.

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