article thumbnail

The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Fitting facilitates cargo security and enables automation of container handling processes. Two books on McLean are published in 2006, marking the 50th anniversary of the first commercial intermodal container service.

Shipping 120
article thumbnail

[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Fitting facilitates cargo security and enables automation of container handling processes. Two books on McLean are published in 2006, marking the 50th anniversary of the first commercial intermodal container service.

Shipping 120