Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. ๐จ๐ปโ๐ป๐งฌHere's How #ShippingContainers Shaped The Modern World
Malcom McLean, founder #SeaLandService had the brilliant idea to standardize shipping, so that materials could easily be fitted on to ships, transferred to trucks, and then brought to distribution centers or directly to customers. Now containers are so common they often blend into background, but these humble 20 or 40ft metal boxes are a recent invention, and we can thank (or curse) them for creating the modern world.
https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-shipping-containers-shaped-the-modern-world-1851397686
Malcom McLean, founder #SeaLandService had the brilliant idea to standardize shipping, so that materials could easily be fitted on to ships, transferred to trucks, and then brought to distribution centers or directly to customers. Now containers are so common they often blend into background, but these humble 20 or 40ft metal boxes are a recent invention, and we can thank (or curse) them for creating the modern world.
https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-shipping-containers-shaped-the-modern-world-1851397686
