[This article was first published in Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, which was then called Army Logistician, volume 2, number 2 (March–April 1970), pages 16–22.] A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER of big, ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The major backlog of container ships at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is the worst its ever been, with 100 ships waiting to enter and unload as of Tuesday. That number ...

Last weeks, the world's oceans got that little bit more crowded when shipping line MSC put its newest container ship into service for the first time. The record-breaking MSC Irina became the largest ...

Container loading and packing optimisation constitute a critical area of research in logistics and supply chain management, focussing on the efficient arrangement of items within containers to ...

A fire broke out on a container ship in San Pedro Friday evening, prompting a large firefighter response at the Port of Los Angeles. The fire was reported around 6:38 p.m. on the container ship "1 ...

SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- After a massive fire erupted on a container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles, the vessel was moved out to sea overnight and a shelter-in-place order was lifted ...