News / Amazon container order another move toward 'dominating US logistics'

Amazon last week took delivery of the first 48 containers of its order for 250 53ft boxes, as it ramps up its domestic US network. 

JOC revealed that the internet retailer had placed the order for intermodal containers as another step towards its goal of becoming a large network transport company. 

According to Steve Ferreira, founder of Ocean Audit, the containers were made in Guangdong, and “probably avoided a tariff as they were landed before September 1”.

He added in his LinkedIn post: “Unlike JB Hunt’s programme ...