A Record-Breaking Number of Ships Stuck off the California Coast
Congestion Reaches Pandemic High Since July 2021, the number of container ships idling off America’s ports has been rising. As of September 9th, a record-shattering 61 container ships were idling off the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach alone, with 29 additional ships waiting near the East Coast ports of Savannah and New […]
How Container Ship Sizes Have Grown Over Time
Intermodal Shipping Containers The world today looks vastly different than it did several hundred years ago, and the same is true for intermodal shipping. Before steam engines, vessels had to rely on wind power for locomotion, and they were limited in terms of their size, carrying capacity, and speed. Freight was shipped across oceans in the holds […]
How the Intermodal Process Provides More Protection and Security
How Intermodal Shipping Offers Enhanced Security Intermodal shipping is growing in popularity, and with good reason. It offers several efficiencies above and beyond what traditional over-the-road (OTR) shipping offers. Let’s look at one of these benefits in particular: increased protection and security. Intermodal shipping, which involves two or more different shipping modes (such as trucks, […]
How Telematics Has Advanced the Safety of Chassis and Containers
CIE Manufacturing Telematics is the union of two branches of science: telecommunications and informatics. The former involves technologies such as phone lines and cables, the latter, computer systems. In general, the term telematics refers to various technologies that collect and transmit data in the management of commercial fleet vehicles and equipment. Telematics offers a high-level […]
The Environmental Advantages of Intermodal Shipping
CIE Manufacturing Intermodal transportation uses a combination of two or more carrier options to move around 25 million containers each year. With some clear benefits including cost-saving and time-efficiency, greater scalability, and reduced risk, the environmental advantages of intermodal are perhaps most interesting and surprising of all. While a multi-carrier approach to transporting freight might […]
Intermodal Growth in 2021 and How The Industry is Meeting Demand
CIE Manufacturing Shipping analysts project that intermodal shipping demand will grow strongly in 2021, particularly in the second half of the year. Several factors are driving intermodal growth. In this short article, we’ll examine the influence of: Todd Tranausky, vice president at FTR Transportation Intelligence, predicts a 5.4% growth in intermodal volume next year. Manufacturers […]
The Role of the Transportation Industry in Vaccine Distribution
CIE Manufacturing It is not an exaggeration to say that every time you look at the news, coronavirus vaccines are front and center. Where the reports used to be all about the development of vaccines, the focus has shifted to producing them and getting them to millions of people. Vaccine delivery is entirely reliant on […]
How to Distinguish Intermodal Equipment Chassis from Other Trailers
How to Distinguish Intermodal Equipment Chassis from Other Trailers — A Logistics Guide In intermodal freight transport, not all trailers are created equal. For fleet managers, carriers and logistics planners, knowing how to identify a true intermodal chassis versus a standard cargo trailer is vital to efficiency, compliance and uptime. At CIE Manufacturing, we specialize in […]
ISO 9001:2015 Certification
CIE Manufacturing What is ISO 9001:2015 Certification? In November 2019, CIE Manufacturing was proud to receive ISO 9001:2015 certification for both of our North American facilities. This credential, used by over a million organizations from more than 160 countries, is an important quality assurance check certifying that our operations are efficient, optimized, and deliver results. […]
Most Commonly Used Types of Intermodal Containers
CIE Manufacturing General Purpose Container Intermodal transport is one of the best ways to move goods and materials around the world. It is defined as shipping using more than one method of transport: truck, train, plane, ship, etc. This is made convenient and efficient by the use of the standard intermodal shipping container: a box-like […]