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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. He forms Sea-Land Service, and experiments with container design.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Grace Line had instituted the first international service, US to Venezuela, in 1962. The beginning of the Asia-Advanced Economies trade boom. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. He forms Sea-Land Service, and experiments with container design.

Shipping 120
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Podcast: Roberto Reichard on Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Capital Projects

Requis

I had the opportunity to work in Turkey, Egypt and in Venezuela. After that, I became vice president of projects in Southeast Asia. In Southeast Asia there were four or five projects going on in the billion-dollar range. The pressure to be more sustainable also comes from outside sources like governments, banks and customers.