Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Behold the simple shipping container. It’s a large, steel box that can carry tens of thousands of ...

Building future-proof shipping supply chains The volume of maritime shipping containers is predicted to double by 2035, while greenhouse gas emissions could triple by 2050.

These foldable shipping containers could help solve the supply-chain crisis By Grace Kay Staxxon foldable shipping containers Courtesy fo Staxxon May 29, 2022, 4:45 AM PT ...

Shipping containers that can fold and use less space are gaining some attention as ports and warehouses handle massive overloads of backlogged crates. Intermodal containers, better known as ...

Imports from China, the world's second-largest economy and a vital U.S. trading partner, accounted for 869,523 of all TEUs in ...

Managing the price risk in shipping containers has become paramount as cargo owners look to hedge the cost of freight, which can account for up to 20% of cargo value.

Bottlenecks in the U.S. supply chain have been laid bare in a video of stacked shipping containers that has gone viral on TikTok.

Workers were moving thousands of shipping containers. It is just one component of the enormous global supply chain as there have been issues getting goods to store shelves.

Supply chain woes lead to an "everything shortage" A Los Angeles neighborhood just outside the nation's busiest port complex has become a perpetual traffic jam, with trucks that are hauling cargo ...

Walmart is using an empty lot to process over 500 shipping containers per day, according to its VP of Supply Chain Operations. The retailer is one of many to create pop-up facilities to address ...

New freight futures contracts could help manage soaring costs for containers as global supply chain tensions persist The shipping container markets were developed in 1956 by American entrepreneur ...

The containers could help solve congestion at ports and shipping yards in the US. Logjams at the largest US ports have receded, but remain above pre-pandemic levels.