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Whether at sea, on rail, stacked or stored, shipping containers can now be tracked worldwide via satellite with Cont-Trak, developed through ESA's telecommunications program.Field trials have been carried out at a container depot in Halifax, Canada to test different stacking situations, and during shipping from Europe to North America. Containers were fitted with Cont-Trak terminals, set to provide reports every four hours, and sent on their normal routes.These tests achieved seamless...
Study evaluates properties of biocontainers compared to plasticContainers made from plastics are used in most traditional greenhouse operations. While plastic containers are practical, strong, and can be formed to any size, shape, or color, the extensive use of these petroleum-based containers creates significant waste disposal problems for the greenhouse industry and consumers. One example: a 2008 report found that a typical greenhouse operation in California discards over 3560 pounds of...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Ropak Packaging, North America's largest producer of rigid plastic shipping containers, has recently received third-party verification of the sustainability claims on its Diamond Weave Technology(TM) product line in accordance with the Greener Package Sustainability Guidelines. The research was undertaken by Packaging Knowledge Group (PKG) on behalf of Greener Package. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100920/LA68349) (Photo:...
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Retailers and manufacturers anxious to reduce costs, lower their risk and get goods into the right place at the right time are making key operational changes in their supply chains to remain lean and flexible. Industry experts report an increase in a tool known as transloading on the West Coast over direct shipping to the Midwest via intermodal rail, according to the cover story in this week's edition of The Journal of Commerce. (Photo:...
Resources to solve the housing crisis in Haiti may already be on hand.Some Clemson University researchers have been experimenting with ways to convert shipping containers into emergency housing in the hurricane-prone Caribbean, where a surplus of the sturdy boxes often sits in port yards.Pernille Christensen, a research associate in the Richard H. Pennell Center for Real Estate and Ph.D. student in planning, design and the built environment; associate professor Doug Hecker; and assistant...
ANAHEIM, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston-based Compact Container Systems (CCS) today announced the introduction of a revolutionary new industrial grade 40' High Cube Foldable Container designed to reduce backhaul shipping and storage costs up to 75 percent. The FOLDX 40-HC will make its first appearance at the 2009 TransComp and Intermodal Expo (IANA/NITL Expo) in Anaheim, Calif. on November 15. Compact Container Systems introduces the first of a family of foldable ISO containers...
By Thomas Frank WASHINGTON -- The government is considering the first bomb-resistant luggage container that could prevent a small suitcase bomb from crashing a jet. A new 5-foot-by-5-foot Kevlar container holds dozens of suitcases and can protect large planes from small suitcase bombs that slip past airport luggage scanners, said Howard Fleisher, deputy director of the Homeland Security Department's Transportation Security Lab. Suitcase bombs have worried aviation officials since one...
By Nick Carey ELWOOD, Illinois (Reuters) - The thousands of truck trailers filled with consumer goods like television sets and textiles that await distribution on a huge lot outside this Chicago suburb have one thing in common. "Everything here is from Asia," said John Clement, senior manager at Logistics Park Chicago, an international hub operated by No. 2 U.S. railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. LPC is a hive of activity. Trucks arrive at the gate night and day, and crane...
By K.T. Arasu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bales of hay for Japanese beef cattle,soy for tofu aficionados in Taiwan and dolls for American kidsare crossing the oceans in a fast-growing wave of containertrade between the United States and Asia. Fueling the boom is China, with its seemingly endlesssupply of shoes, furniture and toys to U.S. companies likeWal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer. "Containerized exports from China to the U.S. West Coastwill increase 50 percent over the next...
