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Jan - 2023 -
27 January
25 January
American Shipper Archives

Lessons from the 1994 Puerto Rico oil spill

1994: Those involved in response to the 600,000-gallon spill reflect on their efforts.

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18 January
American Shipper Archives

NASA’s historic chopper haul

NASA hauls the longest heavy cargo delivery; Reefers run food to the Bahamas; Submarine cables connect the Virgin Islands.

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13 January
American Shipper Archives

FreightWaves Flashback 1971: ‘Breakthrough’ reported in test shipment of melons to UK stores

1971: Londoners are able to buy American melons for the first time after test shipments to the U.K. proved successful.

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10 January
American Shipper Archives

Motor carrier finds private telephone network way of the future

We take a look back at the state-of-the-art technology that streamlined trucking in 1961.

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06 January
American Shipper Archives

A look back on bar codes for bills of lading

1992: 2-D bar codes provide an almost infinite variety of codes, which could prove especially useful in international shipping.

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Dec - 2022 -
27 December
American Shipper Archives

FreightWaves Flashback: World ports reach 201 million TEUs

2000: World container port throughput increased 7.8% last year to about 201 million TEUs — the first time volume exceeded 200 million TEUs.

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22 December
American Shipper Archives

Castro and Nixon have 1 thing in common

1974: They may be the last hurdles in the way of renewed trade between the
United States and Cuba. An embargo failed to work and indirect business
has begun.

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06 December
American Shipper Archives

Nissan, Ford test new Autostack system in 1991, transforming auto shipping

1991: The new system allows automobiles to move in regular intermodal containers instead of the multilevel railcards that now are the industry standard.

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Nov - 2022 -
25 November
American Shipper Archives

FreightWaves Flashback: E-shipping blues

1999: eBay ushers in e-commerce’s most dramatic distribution channel disruption in decades.

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