In the 1950s, trucking magnate Malcom McLean changed the world when he got frustrated enough with the speed of trucking and traffic to start a commercial shipping company in order to move goods up and ...
Shipping containers are typically quite large, in excess of 40 feet, and can be used to ship goods by land, sea or, occasionally, air. Purchasing a shipping container can be quite costly; if you will ...
Shipping containers and shipping cases include bags, boxes, buckets, barrels, ISO containers, crates, trunks, and other vessels for transporting materials. Some shipping containers are ISO or ...
Shipping containers in Helsingborg, Sweden. Courtesy of Håkan Dahlström/Flickr Roman Mars’ podcast 99% Invisible covers design questions large and small, from his fascination with rebar to the history ...
It is apparent that the container shipping industry is going through a fundamental stage in its modus operandi. This stage is the harbinger of the final phase of the container revolution. To ...
The return of container vessels to the Suez Canal - Red Sea route is likely to have a profound impact on the sector, ...
Shipping containers aren't much more than steel boxes. But they have become increasingly valuable during the worldwide supply chain crisis. At any time, there are some 30 million shipping containers ...
Malcolm McLean may be the most important person you’ve never heard of. His claim to fame? Inventing a box. But not just any box. McLean—a high school-educated truck driver from North Carolina—came up ...