Nature’s Logistics: Crossing the Pacific Without a Crew On March 11, 2011, a devastating tsunami struck the coast of Japan, sweeping millions of tons of debris into the ocean. Among the wreckage was a simple, nondescript shipping container. While most objects were crushed or sunk, this airtight steel box began a lonely, year-long journey across […]

The Ultimate ‘Blind’ Auction Win In the world of logistics, an abandoned shipping container is usually a headache—a box of unpaid storage fees and forgotten scrap. But in 1989, a contractor in Long Island, NY, paid $100 for a mystery container at a blind auction. He wasn’t looking for a miracle; he just wanted some […]