April 26, 1956, is widely regarded as a key date in the history of container shipping when standardised containers were first used to transport cargo by sea. The converted tanker ‘Ideal X’, which ...

Maersk Line, the world’s largest container-shipping company by capacity, said Wednesday it would start using AT&T devices to track refrigerated containers moving perishable goods across the world.

An average of 30 container ships a day have been stuck outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach just waiting to deliver their goods. The backlog is part of a global supply-chain mess spurred by ...