The trucking industry has united the whole world - from huge megalopolises to villages hardly visible on the map. Air lines, tracks, railways, seas and oceans: your cargo will surely find its way to you, wherever in the world it is.
Today we have highlighted 9 interesting facts about international cargo shipping.
1. The term "Logistics" comes from French. Back in the 19th century, only the transportation of ammunition and even the military was called logistics. Later this word entered the "civil" lexicon, becoming an international term.
2. International cargo shipping has a huge financial potential, with annual profits of 8-12 trillion US dollars.
3. The shipping business is constantly evolving. Consequently, the demand for specialists serving this area is increasing. Let's go to the USA: here 9 million people work in the field of cargo shipping and there is still a demand for the involvement of new specialists.
4. It turns out that cargo shipping is not only a "monopoly" of men, women also drive huge trucks. Only in alone United States, more than 200,000 women are driving.
5. All over the world there are goods that have the greatest demand and are transported the most, food, furniture, appliances and clothing.
6. There are more than 25,000 cargo aircrafts all over the world, and their number is growing by 3% annually. There are huge cargo planes, one of them is the Antonov AN-225. He carried over 280 tons of cargo. By the way, this cargo plane was built back in the 1980s, in the USSR.
7. And the amount of cargo shipping vehicles is much greater –there are more than 14 million cargo shipping vehicles all over the world.
8. The volume of international cargo shipping has been significantly influenced by the latest technologies, in particular - the possibilities of online shopping. Cargo shipping is reducing the borders of the world, if you want to buy a jacket that is not even in your content - please buy it, it will definitely reach you.
9. It turns out that cargo shipping is so important that it has its own day in the calendar, June 28 is the international day of cargo shipping.
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