Containerization is the reason we have a thriving global marketplace, but where did it all begin? The idea of it was actually conjured up on a busy dock in Hoboken, New Jersey by a 24 year old truck ...

For a short and very enjoyable history lesson, watch this Youtube video. It’s the story to a 1930s-era truck driver named Malcom McLean, who tired of sitting in the shipping port for days, waiting for ...

The revolution began quietly. On April 26, 1956, at a backwater terminal at Port Newark, N.J., a company owned by former trucker Malcom McLean loaded 58 specially strengthened truck trailers on the ...

Blockchain supply chain should have multi-trillion dollar impacts and containerization has had multi-trillion dollar impacts. Both improve the efficiency, speed and scale of trading. Both have made ...

The development of container port throughput figures from the early 1970s through to today charts the rise and success of containerisation. From the early transatlantic traders to East Asia’s ...