Refrigerated container shipping is seeing high growth and it’s expected to continue.
Global Market Study on Shipping Containers: Reefers Segment to Witness Highest Growth by 2021
Source: Global Market Study on Shipping Containers | The Shipping Tribune
Posted in Logistics, Production Operations, Supply Chains
Tagged cold chain, container shipping, intermodal, refrigerated
Thanks to the Shipping Tribune for this article. It shows how ships are really just portable inventory. There’s a long history of oil tankers being used as storage depots.
The steel monsters making billions from oil crash
Source: The steel monsters making billions from oil crash | The Shipping Tribune
Posted in Logistics, Ports, Shipping, Supply Chains, Transp Econ
Tagged inventory, ocean shipping
We have to be open to radical alternatives to last mile supply chain delivery methods. Here are some suggestions from MIT researchers. Many have been tried around the world. An open mind and entrepreneurship-style innovation will be the winning strategy. Keep an open mind and test, test, test how customers or users like it in an iterative fashion!
Supply Chain Digest Port Technology International Marine Link
