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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Magazine article) as a goliath looking to take on the entrenched "David" shipping industry. Break-bulk loaded cargo was poorly secured required a Tetris-like approach to handle diverse sizes of packages. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. Significance.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

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are set to launch on Friday [March 29, 2019], testing whether an old-school industry will embrace a new financial tool designed to protect cargo haulers and shippers against swings in freight rates.” A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. For Power Tools Sold In Iran.