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The History of the Shipping Container

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McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. The first all double-stack train is developed by APL and UP Railroad. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. With the growth of transpacific trade, McLean teams with Southern Pacific Railroad to build the first double-stack train car. Competition for container traffic is increasingly giving way to coordination between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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