When a shipper owns a freight container, it is called a Shipper-Owned Container shortened to SOC. The shipper who owns the container may be an organization or an individual.
A Brief History of the Modern ContainerLet us take a quick look at the origin of the modern freight container and some of its main general specifications.
The first freight container made of corrugated steel was introduced by the American entrepreneur Malcolm Maclean in 1955. The initial containers of varying sizes were...
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