Something many of us might take for granted is the idea that, generally speaking, large vehicles require proportionally large engines to move them. Or rather, the larger an engine gets, the more power ...

Container loading and packing optimisation constitute a critical area of research in logistics and supply chain management, focussing on the efficient arrangement of items within containers to ...

Port officials say the shipping container service is no longer financially feasible. Mayor Wheeler’s office says it’ll work with the port on future uses of the terminal. The Port of Portland says it ...

[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 2 (March–April 1970), pages 16–22.] A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER of big, ...

Propulsion failed on the cargo ship that struck the Francis Key Bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday as it was leaving port, causing it to collapse into the frigid Patapsco River. Its crew warned ...

Since China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) unveiled its KUN-24AP containership at the Marintec China Expo in Shanghai in early December of 2023, the internet has been abuzz about it. Not just ...

People who manage global supply chains know that hub-and-spoke routing isn’t the norm for container shipping. But Danish carrier Maersk and its new partner Hapag-Lloyd will be launching the Gemini ...

While container ships are currently being built and retrofitted to allow electrical connectivity at port, this wouldn't be enough. The giant engines of these ships would have to be modified to permit ...