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The Port of Gdansk of Poland is all set to become one of the biggest and busiest seaports in Europe . It is going to be the biggest investment ever made in the port in the Baltic Sea. The port is said to have the fastest linkage with East Europe covering areas of Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, and Slovakia. Hereafter, the Russian port of St. Petersburg is ahead of the port of Gdansk by just 122,000 TEUs, which means that Gdansk is very near to cross this value and stands top of all. The net cargo volume in the Port of Gdansk is expected to double in the coming few years. The region is expecte d to grow in GDP by 48% by the year 2030. The extra space in the port of Gdansk will be a major source to double the cargo volume from 50 million tons per year to 100 million tons per year. According to Marcin Osowski, the Vice President for Infrastructure, the plans include installation of 12 miles of new harbors, nine more terminals for cargo uses, five miles of th...

Shipping containers are known as the indisputable king of the logistics and supply chain and their invention has given the world a new life. The world before the advent of these steel boxes was definitely on the urge to grow and evolve but the growth was taking place at a very slow pace. The invention of shipping containers dates back to 1956 when an American truck entrepreneur, Malcolm McLean, stood firm on the old said quote- ‘Necessity is the Mother of Invention’. There are certain shipping container types that every shipper must know about. Malcolm McLean noticed people waiting for hours and days to load their goods on the deck. McLean considered the loading of each cargo separately on the deck as a foolish idea and thought why not load the entire truck at one go. No one believed the velocity of his thought at that time but that very silly idea later gave rise to a more economical and customized transportation of freight over long roaring seas with much ease. Intermodal transporta...