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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C. He forms Sea-Land Service, and experiments with container design.

Shipping 120
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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

McLean purchases a steamship and a railroad terminal company. Export manufacturing starts moving away from ports. Asia, South Africa, Australia/NZ, North America and South America are all largely containerized. Raleigh-Durham-Cary N.C. He forms Sea-Land Service, and experiments with container design.

Shipping 120