Containerization is hailed as one of the greatest innovations in the goods transportation industry. Ever since the American entrepreneur Malcolm Maclean came up with the first container made of corrugated steel in 1955, the container has evolved from the humble corrugated steel box to the present-day super-efficient intermodal container.
Such containers can be transported by ships or over the land on trucks or railways.
Intermodal containers are heavy-duty boxes of standard sizes made of Corten...
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