ALARMING RISE IN CONTAINERS LOST AT SEA

ALARMING RISE IN CONTAINERS LOST AT SEA

The freight shipping industry is experiencing the largest increase in containers lost at sea for seven years. More than 3,000 containers fell into the sea in 2020, and more than 1,000 have fallen overboard so far in 2021, Bloomberg reports. There are a series of...
PROJECT CARGO: OVERCOMING ANY OBSTACLE

PROJECT CARGO: OVERCOMING ANY OBSTACLE

The concept of project cargo encompasses modes of transport oriented towards heave and large-sized materials that require a high level of specialization on the part of the agents involved for the whole process to be completed properly. Factors such as the dimensions...
TEU – TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNIT

TEU – TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT UNIT

DID YOU KNOW? TEU IS KING. An estimated 793.26 million TEUs were handled in container ports worldwide in 2019. TEU history is one of the most successful steps in international trade of all ages. But what is exactly a TEU and why is so relevant? 1 TEU is twenty-foot...