The
box
how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger
Levinson, Marc
creator
text
bibliography
nju
2016
Second edition.
monographic
eng
xx, 516 pages ; 21 cm.
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that reshaped manufacturing. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, years of high-stakes bargaining, and delicate negotiation on standards. Now with a new chapter, The Box tells the dramatic story of how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur turned containerization from an impractical idea into a phenomenon that transformed economic geography, slashed transportation costs, and made the boom in global trade possible. -- from back cover
The world the box made
Gridlock on the docks
The trucker
The system
The battle for New York's port
Union disunion
Setting the standard
Takeoff
Vietnam
Ports in a storm
Boom and bust
The bigness complex
The shippers' revenge
Just in time
Adding value
Marc Levinson.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-489) and index.
McLean, Malcolm Purcell
1913-2001
Containerization
History
Contenedorización (carga)
Logística
TA 1215 L665b 2016
387.5/442
9780691170817 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0691170819 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2015024925
DLC
150630
20231128120709.0
18680354
eng