Custom containers include not only containers of non-standard dimensions but also containers rebuilt into houses, shops, garbage bins, and so on. By containers, we mean those large 20’x8’x8′ and larger boxes used to transport everything from heavy machinery to thousands of cartons of trinkets (in each box). These containers are used extensively in international trade as they can be packed…
In a fastly globalizing world, there’s absolutely no need to tarry and be left behind in the rat race. Any measure to get into the next lap should be taken to maximize one’s resources and the logistics that says the need. Shipping companies can no longer make use of the traditional (and almost obsolete) methods these days. Yes, shipment can…
As a consultant for people who are considering starting their own small business, I naturally have many things to share with people. Clients come to me with a host of questions about the process of starting a business and about the details of what to focus on above everything else. Once we have talked through the logistics and the finances…
The Emery Express air freight was founded in 1946. It was the air shipping forwarder to operate with a license from the CAB or the Civil Aeronautics Board. The Emery Express had been working in partnership with famous airlines and was given a certification as the universal air shipping carrier. By that time, the Emery Express carrier operated out of…
There are legitimate wholesalers who will work with and for you to help get the merchandise and support you need in a professional manner. You need to know the facts about wholesale trade, wholesalers and middleman, and finally know the resources to explore in order to get started. Wholesalers exist for the primary reason of moving the goods between the…
It’s no secret that a positive experience delivered to a customer determines whether that customer will come back. Retailers must enhance the user experience prior to pressing the buy button but also focus on the post-purchase site experience to keep customer retention metrics at satisfactory levels. This is where many online retailers drop the ball; specifically, with the processing and…
Everyone has seen them and wondered what is inside them, or even if there is anything inside at all. Shipping Containers, or just plain containers. Shipping containers were invented in 1956 and changed dockyards from labor-intensive to capital-intensive institutions virtually overnight. Shipping containers are large steel boxes that were originally designed to reduce the time a ship spent in port.…
Freight containers are standardized shipping containers. Shipping containers have standard dimensions, typically 20’x8’x8.5′ or 40’x8’x8.5′ or 45’x8’x9.5′. They have to be constructed to certain minimum standards of sturdiness to withstand the rigors of long ocean voyages and transfer from one mode of transport to another. Shipping containers meeting the standards can get CSC – Convention for Safe Containers – certification,…
The concept of conventional logistics covers all activities relating to the procurement, transport, transshipment and storage of goods. Logistics as generally understood is concerned particularly with material flow (raw materials, interim and final products), but also involves providing companies with services and information. Nowadays the development of electronic information and communication technologies affects all spheres of life. Naturally, it influences…
Logistics might not seem as romantic and heroic as combat, but the fact is that campaigns can often be won or lost purely on the basis of logistics. If you have much knowledge at all of logistics and military history, you will probably find that the more such knowledge you have, the more wars and battles you can think of…