How Shipping Containers Revolutionised Global Commerce

Jun 25
21:31

2020

Nancy Whitman

Nancy Whitman

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How was the global commerce without shipping containers? If you think that shipping containers are something that was just always there, then you are mistaken. There was a time where these containers weren’t available for global trading. So, how did the shipping containers were invented and shaped global commerce? Today, we can’t really think about how shipments were without containers. This is some information to give you an idea of how shipping containers have shaped global commerce. And why we can’t go without them.

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Shipping containers keep everything together

Shipping to the same country is easier when there are different shipping containers. Then,How Shipping Containers Revolutionised Global Commerce Articles all the packages of the same country are put into one container. So, uploading and unloading of the packages are now a lot easier.

Before shipping containers, the packages were just put on the ship. And, when it comes to offloading, they needed to sort the packages out to make sure that the right shipment was sent to the right country. A huge and very long task. It took forever to sort the packages out on the ship.

Now you are getting shipping containers with cooling features

A couple of years ago, sending packages that need to be kept cold at all times wasn’t possible. Importing and exporting fruit and vegetables wasn’t possible either. Because the ships are taking a while to go from one country to the next. By the time it arrived at the destination country, the fruit and vegetables were rotten.

Now, you are getting shipping containers with cooling features. Like a freezer. To make sure that everything that needs to be kept cool can be kept at the right temperature when it is getting shipped globally.

Shipping containers ensures less chance of damage and loss

Because packages are put into shipping containers, there is now less chance of damage and loss of these packages. And, you will be able to know for sure that your packages will arrive at the destination.

Another great feature is the fact that you can now monitor the shipping container. To make sure that no one opens it during transportation, and to track its progress. Something that wasn’t possible 5 or 10 years ago. This shows that shipping containers are improving as the years go by and the technology is improving as well. We are wondering what new technology will be implementing a couple of years from now.

Making transporting a large amount of shipment possible

The containers can be stacked on top of each other. Making it possible to transport a huge number of packages from one country to the next. Without shipping containers, the number of packages and shipments that could have been sending would be a lot less than what ships are sending today.

With technology, it is now possible to stack containers on top of each other and to know that it will be secure during the trip. That the cables on the containers will keep the containers in place. With the containers secured and with the larger ships of today, double the normal shipment can now be shipped.

How was life without shipment containers? Was there ever a time that shipping containers weren’t used to transport shipments between countries? Years ago, there weren’t shipments, and shipping items between countries were a lot more difficult. Now, we are using shipping containers, to ship a large number of packages between countries. And, the best part is that as technology improves, so does the shipping containers. Now, there are things like tracking the shipment and seeing if someone is opening the shipment, even if you aren’t even close to the shipping container. Ensuring safety to all shipping containers.

For well over a 125 years, BCR Australia has assisted Australian entities of all shapes and sizes achieve optimum logistics solutions through the implementation of efficient third party logistics services and transportation modes, including air and sea freight forwarding to and from all major ports around Australia, including BrisbaneSydneyMelbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle (Perth).