02-01 Basics
It was refrigerated trucks that brought fresh vegetables and fruit and relieved women from canning their own. And it was bunker fuel that made it possible to load up ships while they were unloading their cargo. And how about refrigerated cargo planes sending fresh New Zealand lamb around the world. Not difficult to appreciate that…
02-02 Trucking
The day of the diesel engine and trucking are coming to a close. Both electric trucks and driverless electric vehicles are coming. But electric trucks take too long charge. So another avenue for change is hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. Hydrogen produces the electricity. And it only takes ten minutes to fill a tank with…
02-03 Rail
The future is high speed electric trains for both passengers and freight. The leaders are Japan and Europe, who are heavily invested in special trains and track infrastructure. It was 1987 and a train ride from Tokyo to Kyoto on the bullet train helped me understand the future of rail transportation both passenger and freight….
02-04 Air Freight
Air freight is used globally when goods shipped are time sensitive, like fresh vegetables, fish and seafood. Also pharmaceuticals and fashion goods. It was 2009 and we had completed a cruise from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand. And in the early morning from our Auckland hotel near the airport we watched one 747 after…
02-05 Container Shipping
Large specially constructed container ships can carry as many as 18,000 containers. They have made container shipping the most economical form of transportation. My father’s business was custom tailoring and he was both a manufacturer and a retailer. He was unique in operating on a cash basis. So, instead of accounts receivables he was invested…