Box Boats : How Container Ships Changed the WorldCargo Ships
There's only so much weight a boat can carry without sinking into the water so much that it... does actually sink completely! For ships to sail safely, we need to know how much weight we can put in or on them without getting anywhere near this point. So how can we figure that out...
摘要: The article reviews two books on maritime law including "The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger," by Marc Levinson and "Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World," by Brian J. Cudahy. 被引量: 4 年份: 2006 收藏...
Whilst the weather conditions may have shifted, the commercial pressures still remain. Staying on schedule and minimising bunker consumption still weigh heavily on the Captain’s mind. Decisions that would have worked on the Asia/Europe trades are now much riskier. How fast do I push the vessel ...
Intermodal freight consists of products and raw materials that are transported in a container by a variety of vehicles, such as container ships, semi-trailer trucks, and trains. Containers designed for intermodal freight often adhere toInternational Organization for Standardization (ISO)dimension guideline...
1. Container shortages and high freight rates As countries closed their borders and supply chains were disrupted, shipping carriers reduced the number of operating ships to prevent economic losses. As the first COVID-19 wave subsided, economic activities began to grow and export volumes...
(such as insufficient supply of textile and clothing export and cotton import containers), and ships in Asia will also face the challenge of empty container availability; Secondly, affected by the tension in the Red Sea region, the freight rates of North American routes, Persian Gulf routes and...
Cross-border logistics and transportation: Providers of sea, air, and road freight ferry goods across continents using vast fleets of container ships, aircraft, and railroad, and delivery trucks. Express couriers like DHL and FedEx rapidly transport packages worldwide. ...
The attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have rerouted trade that normally flows through the corridor.
To sum up: We need to accomplish something gigantic we have never done before, much faster than we have ever done anything similar. To do it, we need lots of breakthroughs in science and engineering. We need to build a consensus that doesn’t exist and create public policies to push a ...