FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago. In this edition, from ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Whether the goal is ...

Globalization is having an anniversary. It was 50 years ago that Malcom McLean, an entrepreneur from North Carolina, loaded a ship with 58 35-foot containers and sailed from Newark, N.J., to Houston.

As ships by the hundreds await berths at major world ports and consumers worldwide endure delayed deliveries, locals might ponder why we haven’t seen such logjams at the Port of New Orleans — and ...

Efficient transport: Cars waiting to be shipped at the Jawaharlal Nehru port, the country's largest container port. Containerization is expected to encourage and facilitate multi-modal transportation.

With the advent of containerization, cargo could be packed into a giant box at one end, shipped on rail, truck and ship, and unpacked upon arrival. The time saved was incredible. Before ...