In 2007, the container ship Napoli suffered a catastrophic hull failure in the English Channel, triggering a costly salvage ...

Last weeks, the world's oceans got that little bit more crowded when shipping line MSC put its newest container ship into service for the first time. The record-breaking MSC Irina became the largest ...

But container ships aren't like supertankers, which can deliver their cargo through a big ol' hose. Dock facilities tend to place the upper size limits on machines like the MSC Tessa, and the current ...

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 ...

Managing overseas freight remains one of the most demanding parts of running a growing business, especially without a ...

Ah, the unassuming shipping container. It's really nothing more than a big steel box with a couple of doors. At any given time, millions of containers are piled on ships plying the world's waterways.