The modern economic system owes its entire existence to shipping containers. The modern supply chain would not exist without them, and we could not handle the logistics necessary to sustain 21st-century living standards.

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Shipping containers protect our cargo in several ways, ensuring smooth transport from one part of the world to the other. They are designed for intermodal transport, which means transporting a set of goods in a steel container using various modes of transportation, such as truck and rail. So they can survive both land and sea voyages without causing damage to the goods.…

Shipping containers and containerization aren’t some things that most people, even supply chain managers, think about that much. That’s not surprising, as these containers are so ubiquitous it’s easy to dismiss regardless the fact that they have actually revolutionized world trade.

Since containerization was introduced, it’s turn out to be a critical phase of supply chain infrastructure, and it’s well worth digging into the statistics in the back of containerization a little more.

Here are the answers to the questions you may have about containers, containerization, and how they facilitate the movement of merchandise from A to B in the ways that are as environment friendly as possible.…