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Due to the lack of truck drivers, about 1,000 #shippingcontainers are temporarily stored near Suffolk, UK waiting to be transported to the port of Ipswich. The UK government announced that it would grant up to 5,000 temporary visas for drivers from abroad to ease the supply chain issues.
Why are shipping containers stacked at sites around Suffolk?
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Huge piles of shipping containers have appeared at sites across Suffolk.With almost 2 years into the #pandemic and global supply disruption in everyone's ear, The Maritime Executive explains the main reasons behind America's supply-chain shortfalls.
Four Reasons Behind America's Supply-Chain Shortfalls
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Walk into any U.S. store these days and youre likely to see empty shelves.Shortages of virtually eve...Increased demand for imported goods and broken supply chain resulted in #shippingcontainers piling up in certain places with not enough trucks drivers to relocate them. American Trucking Association reported a shortage of 80,000 drivers, that's a 30% increase from before the #pandemic.
Wanted: 80,000 truck drivers to help fix the supply chain slowdown
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Many drivers are retiring, dropping out of the industry. Increased consumer demand, prompting a need for more drivers, also plays a big role in the shortfall.Due to an increased demand for imports and a broken supply chain, #shippingcontainers are piling up in certain places with not enough trucks drivers to relocate them. The American Trucking Association has reported a shortage of 80,000 drivers. That's a 30% increase from before the #pandemic!
Storage containers are scarce, so toymakers are focused on small, squishy toys for the holidays
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Popular toymakers have found an easy answer to the storage container shortage: small, squishy toys.This midcentury top deck ship was recently turned into the world's biggest floating nightclub. The club is situated on the retired QE2 ocean linger in #Dubai. This modern club can be entered for free, but it comes with a hefty price tag for service.
Iconic Ocean Liner QE2 is Now the World's Biggest Floating Nightclub
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The classic transatlantic liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is now home to what may well be the worlds largest...Despite the fact that Port of Boston used to be one of the biggest ports on the east coast, the disruptions to the global #supplychain have made container ships and carriers temporarily bypass smaller ports - like the one in #Boston.
In global shipping crisis, Port of Boston deliveries are getting passed over - The Boston Globe
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Boston isn’t facing a backlog like other major US ports, but cargo from China has been arriving up to a month late. Soon, and for a couple of months, it won’t be arriving at all, as a major shippi...They say fashion repeats itself and Coca-Cola really put their mind to it. Since #shippingcontainers have been considered a luxury the past few seasons, the industry giant went back to the roots of shipping and switched to breakbulk approach of moving the materials it needs to maintain operations.
Maersk Diverts Ships and Containers as Backlog Snarls UK Ports
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The U.K.s largest container port is the latest port worldwide to experience the problems related to...Shipping container shortage, supply chain disruption, increased inflation and how they are all related. The New York Times shares the possibility of prolonged inflation related to the supply chain disruption.
The world’s top central bankers see supply chain problems prolonging inflation.
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The heads of the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan spoke on a joint panel Wednesday.New height records do not necessarily mean a good thing. Two biggest ports on the West Coast are experiencing new congestion milestone: around 100 vessels are waiting on anchor due to supply chain problems.
New Record: 100 Vessels Are Waiting to Berth at LA / Long Beach
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The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have hit yet another new congestion milestone: arecord...Supply chain problems have been reported for months now. The world was trying to keep up with the abnormal demand but some analysts have started warning about upcoming 'systems collapse'.
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"Global supply chains are beginning to buckle as two years' worth of strain on transport workers take their toll," letter from industry groups said.A $280K home built out of 5 upcycled shipping containers in Minneapolis has made it to the daily newspaper. The owner explains his drive for using shipping containers comes from their originality and uniqueness while adding that another huge factor is sustainability.
5 upcycled shipping containers make one $280K house in Minneapolis
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Builder David Schiller hopes this is just the beginning for the affordable, eco-friendly structures.Extra ships, extra delays, and extra profits. #Covid19 has shown that the world has entered the 'extra' phase, but no one knows how long it will last.
Container Shipping: Record Delays, Record Profits
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As ports and hinterland transport struggle to keep up, delays at ports are soaking up capacity leading to frustration on the shippers’…Tidy and eco-friendly shipping container housing is exactly what the doctor ordered. These five beautiful vacation spots will help you relax and recharge before the winter holidays.
Stay Inside Shipping Containers! Bookmark These Container Homes In Maharashtra For Your Next Vacay!
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Stay inside containers!Unheard of shortages and shipping delays are threatening the holiday spirit. To ensure Santa comes on time, large retailers like Costco Walmart and The Home Depot have rented out their own shipping containers and started considering different ports of entry.
Costco, Walmart rent out own shipping containers amid supply chain hiccups ahead of holidays
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Holiday shipping could be slowed down due to supply chain issues with cargo ship delays and labor shortages.For the past 18 months, #shippingcontainers were among the hottest items on the planet. Supply chain disruption, shortage of labor, and increased demand led to the increased popularity of six-sided metal boxes.
How the pandemic turned humble shipping containers into the hottest items on the planet
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business (CNN) -- The 30,000 aluminum tins were supposed to show up in a 20-foot shipping container in July. Months later, they haven't arrived — and SJ HLooking for ways to start trading internationally but don't know where to start? Check out the website of the U.S. Department of Commerce. International Trade Administration posts articles about #financing, #exporting, #shipping, and much more.
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Learn to sell your products overseas - assess your company’s readiness to enter your first markets, or to expand into additional markets.Digitalization continues to shape supply chains. Automation, 5G, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, cybersecurity, extended reality, and blockchain are the words one should definitely add to their vocabulary.
Ports Navigating an Ocean of Technology
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Seaports are navigating through an ocean of technology that...Due to the #pandemic, many industries had to adjust to doing their daily jobs online and port authorities are not an exception. Jeff Pollack, Chief Strategy Officer for the Port of Corpus Christi, said that their team greatly enjoys working online and emphasized that "we’re in a much more intimate relationship now than we would have been without #COVID."
Communications: A Whole New World
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In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Port of Corpus...Santa might be late this year! Increased consumer demand, e-commerce explosion, port lockdowns, and travel restrictions led to an increased wait time for imported goods.
Order your Christmas presents now - the shipping crisis isn't ending anytime soon
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A supply chain expert explains why the backlog is going to make it nearly impossible to get gifts on time this year - unless you get a big head start.The world’s largest shipping container firm, Maersk stays true to its promise. The company committed to reducing the level of CO₂ by 40% by 2030. The firm has now ordered eight vessels that will run on a carbon-neutral fuel.
ABS to Class Maersk's Methanol-fueled Containerships
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A groundbreaking series of eight large container vessels capable of being operated on carbon-neutral methanol ordered by Maersk,…#COVID19 brought close attention to the #shipping industry. Increasing demand and better than average financial ratios indicate the possibility of ultimately great gains.
Container Shipping: Who wants to be a (multi) billionaire? | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
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Drewry’s latest Container Forecaster report includes huge upgrades for freight rates and carrier profits as market faces extended period of under supply. The latest edition of Drewry’s Container F...Let’s talk about record breaking freight rates! What should one expect to pay to ship a group of standard #containers from Shanghai to Los Angeles? $32,000!
Are You Shipping Me?!? $32,000 Container Move From China To LA
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The blows to the global supply chain never seem to end in 2021, resulting in delays that have sharply reduced the system's effective capacity and put upward pressure on shipping rates that began reach...Ready for some #margaritas after a long week? The City of Oak Creek, WI, is planning to repurpose the use of a #shippingcontainer and use it as a double-decker container bar.
Jim Dandy's Wants To Create Shipping Container Bar
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The container likely won't make it this summer, but the restaurant owner said he hopes to use it in winter and next summer.Pour me one!
Maersk, the world’s biggest container shipping company, forecasts full-year demand growth of 6-8%. Will consumers be able to handle this increase, or have we reached the peak already?
Maersk lifts outlook as supply chain disruptions push up shipping rates
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The world's biggest container shipping company, A.P. Moller-Maersk, on Monday lifted its full-year earnings outlook after repor...#ShippingContainer prices might seem quite high this year. Nasdaq shows that investors can take advantage of it by investing their money in a #Shipping stock.
4 Shipping Stocks To Buy As the Global Economy Gains Steam
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InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsWe all know port congestion is nothing new. As of today, North American cargo ships spend close to 33 hours at anchor, opposed to only eight hours in 2019!
Time Containerships Spent Waiting for Berths Doubled in Two Years
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Port congestion and the resulting decline in liners schedule performancehas been a persistent story...The gang is back together! After more than a year of #workingfromhome due to #Covid-19, CSI Group LLC team finally got together for the first time for a summer BBQ. The evening was full of excitement, laughter and wine, making the night simply unforgettable.
The CEO of French luxury leather goods company Longchamp announced that starting in 2024, the company will entrust 50 percent of its America-bound cargo to the French sail-freighter startup. Sailing is considered a cleaner way of transporting goods, emitting 90% less carbon per voyage than a comparably-sized conventional merchant ship.
Luxury Handbag Maker Signs On for Sail-Powered Shipping
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French luxury handbagbrand Longchamp has agreed to entrust 50 percent of its America-bound cargo to...Extravagant sculpture located in Denver, Colorado has a much deeper meaning to it. The art is made of #shippingcontainers and is called Trade Deficit, to underline the fact that the USA is the biggest importer in the world.
Joe Riche: Trade Deficit - Demiurge LLC
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Artist: Joe RichéTitle: Trade DeficitMaterials: Shipping Containers, Structural SteelFabrication + Installation: DemiurgeEngineering: KL&ALocation: Denver, ColoradoSkyrocketing #shippingcontainer prices, shortages of tapioca pearls (boba), and increased prices of the car rentals are all caused by the same factor: disruption in a global supply chain. Wendover Productions explains how are all the events interconnected with one another.
A colossal traffic jam, disruptions to supply chains, millions of dollars' worth of cargo sinks in the ocean. That is not the plot for a western movie, that is the first half of 2021 in the #shippingcontainerindustry.
Container shipping’s stranger-than-fiction first half of 2021 - FreightWaves
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California offshore traffic jam, Ever Given, Yantian closure, skyrocketing rates and volumes … what’s next for container shipping?
Last year The Home Depot was caught by surprise by consumers’ extreme appetite for #homeimprovement during the pandemic. This year, to avoid a holiday shipping crisis, they decided to invest in their own container ship.
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How bad are global shipping snafus? Home Depot contracted its own container ship as a safeguard
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The home improvement retailer is one of many companies facing supply chain challenges and trying to find creative solutions to keep merchandise in stock.
With the US #IndependenceDay around the corner, Chinese suppliers are already worried about the Christmas shipping rush. Many western retailers who have yet to recover from #COVID19 supply-chain disruptions are now facing higher prices of transportation and inventory restocking problems.
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Chinese Port Logjam Threatens Christmas Shipping Rush
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A backlog of dozens of ships around the Yantian port is expected to further rattle global supply chains.#COVID has changed the way we do a lot of things over the last year and weddings are no different! #Engaged couples have the chance to exchange their vows inside of a pink #shippingcontainer with none other than “Elvis”!
COVID threw weddings off track. One solution? Marry in a pink Seattle shipping container with Elvis.
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When the coronavirus pandemic closed down Washington state last spring, Bronwen Stevenson shuttered her Pioneer Square business of 10 years, a Vegas-style wedding venue named Shotgun Ceremonies. Yet a...Typically a well-oiled machine, the shipping container industry just can’t catch a break!
Get Ready for Years of Chaos in Container Shipping
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Backed up ports and the Suez Canal fiasco are just surface problems. When things go wrong in this business, they go seriously wrong.Miami is ready for some dancing! The Tower Bar serving drinks at the base of a giant 80-foot stack of shipping containers is @oasiswynwood's landmark no one can miss.
Photos: First Look At The Oasis In Wynwood, Set To Officially Open This Week
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Miami Real Estate, Construction And ArchitectureMaersk shares their stance on diversity and inclusion by adding rainbow painted shipping containers to their fleet. Beginning in Los Angeles, the containers are scheduled to make stops at numerous ports and finally land in Denmark for Copenhagen Pride 2021! #pridemonth #pride #lgbtq #loveislove #love #InclusionAllTheWay
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Maersk’s rainbow containers will begin their journey across the world as they shine a light on the company’s commitment to inclusion and diversity all year round.#COVID19 hasn’t stop us, rather it taught us that we can still thrive, and even grow, while we can’t be together. Hailing from The Big Easy, CSI Group LLC welcomes Heidi to the team! Heidi has 2 children and a dog, enjoys #Housewives in her free time and has the best husband ever!
This #WorldOceanDay we recognize a leading operator of port terminals, Bolloré Ports, as they remind us that we all need to be more environmentally conscious. By launching "The Green Terminal label", Bolloré Ports aims to reduce the #carbonfootprint of terminal activities by using precise methodology that covers all environmental issues.
Bolloré Ports to reduce its carbon footprint through Green Terminal label
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Bolloré Ports to reduce its carbon footprint through Green Terminal labelReducing shipping emissions is one of the key elements of the Net Zero Emissions plan. Europe is working on a new emission tax law but what impact will it have on the shipping industry?
Green recovery or 'nightmare' for trade? Europe wants to tax emissions from ships
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Europe's plan to raise billions each year for coronavirus relief by charging ships for their pollution could inflame trade tensions at the worst moment for the global economy and set back efforts to t...Modica Microindustries, INC. adds a new twist to the shipping container industry: simple steel boxes turned into software-driven micro-factories. Since they’re already compatible with global logistics, it just made sense.
Seattle startup Modica turns shipping containers into software-driven microfactories
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Watching stacks of shipping containers come and go from Seattle’s waterfront, you might wonder what’s in them, where they came from and where they’re headed.#Shippingcontainer prices continue rising to new heights. Asia-West Coast spot pricing is now 3.5 times higher than a year ago with no relief in sight.
Container shipping spot rates just spiked yet again - FreightWaves
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The situation for importers is getting even more dire. Already extreme container rates are ascending to even higher peaks.Architects propose a plan to build “Sheltainers”, container homes to replace the makeshift dwellings built alongside tombs by residents of The Cairo Necropolis, known as the City of the Dead or El'arafa.
Shipping container micro-housing proposed for City of the Dead in Cairo
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Architects Mouaz Abouzaid, Bassel Omara and Ahmed Hammad have proposed creating shipping-container micro-homes, called Sheltainers, for people living in Cairo's cemeteries.The owner of a tire/repair shop in Memphis built a #shippingcontainers fence doubling as tire storage around his business to help keep thieves away.
Shipping-container fence OK'd for blocking thieves
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Mot C Wheels at 4599 Millbranch lines three sides of its property with eight metal shipping containers to keep thieves out and to store tires.#Shippingcontainer prices have gone up dramatically since the beginning of the pandemic. According to the latest data from Container xChange prices in India and China nearly doubled.
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The container shortages that have been adding to logistics logjams in Asia and beyond are showing few signs of being resolved, according to the latest data from Container xChange, the world’s leadin...International Maritime Organization - IMO and countries around the world are working together in placing measures to address pollution and reduce shipping emissions. Mandatory rules discussed recently will largely impact the maritime sector.
Green recovery or 'nightmare' for trade? Europe wants to tax emissions from ships
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Europe's plan to raise billions each year for coronavirus relief by charging ships for their pollution could inflame trade tensions at the worst moment for the global economy and set back efforts to t...What does "Slow Steaming" mean? And why do some ships prefer to go a little slower? Casual Navigation Navigation serves us more interesting facts about the ships and maritime industry.
When moving using a shipping container, there are three major steps to take to make sure your possessions arrive unharmed.
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When moving house, a massive concern is always how you're going to move your things, especially when moving countries. Some people sell all of their things and re-buy items when they're getting settle...Visit this 32,000 sq ft mall in South China built in just 60 days out of 88 shipping containers.
Shopping Center Built in 60 Days with Shipping Containers
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Shipping containers can be used to assemble structures incredibly fast. In the article, we will explore how in 60 days you too can build with off-site.Container ships filled with empty "ghost" containers are sailing back to Asia while ecologists warn about the toll it will take on society.
Pandemic Drove Boom of 670,000 Empty Shipping Containers Last Year
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In our latest proof that global capitalism is extremely logical and efficient, hundreds of thousands of completely empty shipping containers are being transported overseas amid the pandemic, according...The #containershortage has affected customers and suppliers alike across countless industries. How long will it last? Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide tries to figure it out.
Is worldwide container shortage crisis for long? | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
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The global transportation system is currently experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. The extraordinary cascade of events caused by the pandemic has led to a severe container shortage crisis. Thi...Stacked on top of one another, these #shippingcontainers were turned into a 3-bedroom loft apartment in downtown San Francisco.
A San Francisco loft with shipping container rooms lists for $5.55m - The Spaces
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Maximising the former factory's saw-tooth ceilingsBecause the theater scene in New York has been shut down since March 2020, Marvel Studios proposed the use of a COVID safe outdoor theater where a stage is nestled inside of #shippingcontainers.
Marvel Architecture Proposes Shipping Container Theaters Until Broadway Reopens | stupidDOPE.com
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The Marvel Architectural firm is exploring methods in which to hold live shows amid the viral pandemic. Their design for open air theaters uses shipping containers as a stage…If the delivery of your packages ordered weeks ago have been delayed time and again, you’ve probably become victim to the shipping container shortage! Forbes looks into the problem and explains why results of #COVID19 are still affecting people today.
The Supply-Chain Will Never Disrespect The Shipping Container Ever Again
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The stress on supply-chains has been reported on so many times during this last year and reconciling consumer demand and inventory has caused many companies to feel the pain in their bottom lines, how...A nautical mile is a measurement of distance used in air, marine, and space navigation. Casual Navigation explains usage of the term in the maritime industry.
What Is A Nautical Mile And Why Is It Used? | Casual Navigation
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Terrestrial Navigation What Is A Nautical Mile And Why Is It Used? What Is A Nautical Mile And Why Is It Used? By Casual Navigation - September 30, 2020 We all know that a mile is just a measure of di...
How's your Monday going? #SuezCanal #shippingcontainer
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Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal is finally free
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Salvage teams on Monday freed a colossal container ship stuck for nearly a week in the Suez Canal, ending a crisis that had clogged one of the world’s most vital waterways and halted billions of dol...Not great..
If the seasonal depression didn't get you, searching for empty SOCs definitely did! #IYKYK #shippingcontainer #SOC #freight #cargo #container #shippingcontainers
WBZ | CBS Boston says "Boston-based Freight Farms is changing the way the world grows its food. " By using specially equipped #shippingcontainers, Freight Farms are able to grow fresh crops in the middle of the city.
New England Living: The Future Of Farming - In Freight Containers
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Farming under a city overpass? Boston-based Freight Farms is changing the way the world grows its food.A modern #shippingcontainer house with a total cost under $40,000 was built in 20 minutes outside of San Jose, Costa Rica.
Cheap Modern Shipping Container House
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It does not take a housing crisis to realize the importance of cost in construction at home and abroad alike. A 40,000-dollar, two-shipping-container house that is not just livable but lovely is itsel...Another sad day for Maersk this year. The Eindhoven, Maersk’s vessel with a capacity of 13,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), lost a number of containers overboard in the seas near Japan because of the bad weather conditions.
Another Maersk ship sailing for LA loses containers - FreightWaves
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Six cases of at-sea container losses have been reported in less than three months. <