In today’s globalized economy, containers play a crucial role in the transportation of goods across vast distances. Ensuring these containers are secure is not only vital for the safety of the cargo but also for the efficiency and reliability of the supply chain. This article explores the importance of securing containers and the methods employed …
When shipping containers, selecting the appropriate Incoterms (International Commercial Terms) is crucial to define the responsibilities and costs between the buyer and seller. It is quite common for the involved parties to select an Incoterm, such as FOB or FAS, which is not well suited for ocean container transport as it does not match the …
Volumetric weight and dimensional weight are used in the field of transportation, notably Air transport, to calculate transport rates. Learn more about volumetric weight and how to calculate it when working with Air freight in the below video:
You can see below a video of the container ship CMA CGM Brazil, a container vessel from the Very Large Container Ship category, approaching the port of Charleston, S.C. where it docked at the Wando Welch Terminal. In September 2020, it set the record for the largest vessel ever to enter the port of New …
CMA CGM Brazil – Very Large Container Ship (VLCS) in action. Read More »
Today, 18% of the global ocean cargo is moved thanks to shipping containers, container vessels, and container ports or terminals. But how do containers ports work? Container ports can be gigantic like the Shanghai container port through which over 40 000 000 TEUs* pass each year or small local single quays possibly relying on the …
What are linear feet? What are linear meters? A linear foot or a linear meter are, as they sound like, a foot or a meter in a line – a length of 1 foot or 1 meter. 5 linear meters describe a line 5 meters long. In the field of transport, these linear meters or …
A gantry is a bridge-like structure, with side supports, enabling it to span, to be, over something. A gantry crane is exactly that: a crane, which thanks to its supporting side and cross beams, can straddle, be placed above cargo, and approach it from this position.
A short article and learning video presenting the 7 main changes between the 2010 and the
2020 editions of the Incoterms®.
A video explaining the DPU Incoterms® and extracted from our Incoterms® training
