Katerina Lappa: “Containerization of cargo is one of the main logistics trends in Europe, the USA and Russia”

Containerization of cargo is one of the key trends in logistics today, said Katerina Lappa, director of business development for Conway Containers Limited, NEWS.ru reports. According to her, recently transporting grain and coal in this way has become normal practice. “In general, you need to understand that containerization of cargo is growing. If earlier we didn’t transport grain and coal in containers, now this is normal practice, and in principle, more and more goods all over the world go into container cargo,” Lappa said. She also drew attention to the problem of removing the container fleet from Russia. We are talking about difficulties in coordination, as well as an imbalance between imports and exports. According to Lappa, in such cases, exporters can take advantage of subsidies from container park owners. Speaking about trends in the European direction, Lappa noted that the countries of the region suffered due to the situation in the Red Sea. They were primarily affected ...