Showing posts with label Shipping Containers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shipping Containers. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

65 Years of Containers - repost of "50 Years of Containers" from 2006

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A simple idea that changed the world as reported here : They are simple steel boxes, 20 or 40 feet long and 81/2 feet high, with a pair of...
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Friday, July 05, 2019

Friday Film: "Containerization Today" (1960s)

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First use of containers in ocean shipping was in 1956 - 63 years ago. It's hard to believe what a difference their use has made in t...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

A Shippping Container Full of Explosives

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I wonder if anyone will come forward and claim the contents of a shipping container of explosives now being held by the Italian police? : I...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Port Security: Indian Navy Head Worries About Containers

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Reported here : Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Wednesday said terrorists may use shipping containers for the movement of nuclear we...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Shipping Industry Hits Skids

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An invest ment adviser points out that the world-wide shipping industry is taking an economic pounding here : If the end of 2008 is a predic...
Friday, February 08, 2008

Shipping Container Security: Resistance Movement

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The politics of container security reported here : Atlanta-based Home Depot and fellow "big box" chain stores have targeted donati...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

American Thinker does container shipping

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Thomas Lifson of American Thinker finds the places near San Francisco where a large number of those Christmas presents got delivered in Whe...
Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Shipping company concerns over cargo security measures

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Shipping company concerns over excessive cargo security measures expressed here : The fear that terrorists might smuggle a nuclear weapon in...
Thursday, September 20, 2007

Quick look at cargo container security issues

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Found as 100% Screening and Other Cargo Insecurities : Those who operate ships recognize the dangers of shipping un-inspected cargo, though ...
Thursday, September 13, 2007

More secure containers?

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In 1997, according to this , theft of cargo at ports was a problem - a sizable problem: Security of cargo is a major concern of port authori...

Shippers' concerns over U.S. cargo security

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Reported as Shippers braced for pain as US tightens security : Jebel Ali, the world's eighth-busiest container port, is one of scores of...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Maritime Security: All cargo containers that enter US to be scanned

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Found as All cargo containers that enter US to be scanned : Virtually all cargo containers entering US ports will be scanned by radiation de...