Imagine a shipping container that tells you exactly where it’s, what condition it’s in, if it’s been tampered with, or if it’s deviating from its route, all in real-time. Welcome to the era of smart containers, where your cargo doesn’t just travel across oceans; it communicates. For independent freight forwarders and global freight networks, understanding…
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The emerging solution for lost ocean shipping containers
The problem of lost containers Recent researches suggest that over tens and thousands of shipping containers are lost in the ocean on a yearly basis. At the moment, the authorities found tons of containers gliding beneath the waterline. According to a 2020 report by World Shipping Council, roughly 1,382 containers are lost in the oceans…
The era of smart containers is here
Containerised shipping amounts to more than $4 trillion industry with around 130 million containers being used for sending out various shipments. It goes without saying that smart containers – those that include sensors and are capable of real-time tracking of the movement and location of the cargo – have come up as one of the…