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The History of the Shipping Container

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Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Competition for container traffic is increasingly giving way to coordination between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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