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Container transport
Freight forwarders, carriers, and shippers build their supply chains around container transport – the movement of standardized shipping containers, predominantly in 20-foot (TEU) or 40-foot (FEU) units, across one or more transport modes.
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Freight forwarders, carriers, and shippers build their supply chains around container transport – the movement of standardized shipping containers, predominantly in 20-foot (TEU) or 40-foot (FEU) units, across one or more transport modes. Vessels, trains, trucks, and inland barges can be combined without the goods ever leaving the sealed container. This principle of intermodality significantly reduces handling effort, risk of cargo damage, and overall logistics costs. Unlike break-bulk shipping, where individual pieces must be transferred at each interchange, the load unit remains intact throughout the entire chain. Container transport has structurally reshaped global trade since the standardized container was introduced in the 1950s.
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