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The History of the Shipping Container

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McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. More types of goods are traded economically, and much manufacturing is transferring to developing economies. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C. He forms Sea-Land Service, and experiments with container design.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. More types of goods are traded economically, and much manufacturing is transferring to developing economies. The first of 14 residential shipping container complexes now built in the UK is completed in 2001. . .

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