Friday, May 22, 2015

Shipping containerization history

The "containerization" of shipping made modern globalization possible through vastly increased speed and vastly reduced cost. Containers are uniform sizes around the world and use software to quickly organize and load cargo in contrast to the slow process of having thousands of marked boxes, barrels, and sacks loaded onto a ship.

Containerization: the world in a box - financial Times
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