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 ...

The BEST sea-container loading system from Metso Minerals Industries “delivers raw materials to overseas markets by eliminating the bottleneck at the port via traditional break-bulk loading,” ...

Globalization is having an anniversary. It was 50 years ago that Malcom McLean, an entrepreneur from North Carolina, loaded a ship with 58 35-foot containers and sailed from Newark, N.J., to Houston.

The sinking of the Liberian-flagged container ship MSC Elsa-3 off the Kerala coast on May 25 has raised urgent questions about maritime safety and environmental risks. Captain Naveen Singhal, a ...

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Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...