Shipping articles
Who originated the logistical revolution known as containerization?
What was the method of moving goods before McLean's intervention, requiring manual loading of sacks and barrels?
What engineering feature did Keith Tantlinger design to allow cranes to lift the standardized boxes precisely?
On what date did the SS *Ideal X* depart on its seminal container voyage?
What crucial cost benefit was demonstrated by the first voyage compared to manual loading rates?
Why did McLean pivot away from shipping the entire truck chassis after his first voyages?
What critical business decision allowed McLean's container design to become a universal global standard?
What major external event provided massive validation and expanded the use of containerization rapidly in the late 1960s?
What standardized dimension defines the length of the common ISO container box?
What was Malcolm McLean's initial business venture launched with his siblings in 1935?
Where did Malcolm McLean found the McLean Trucking Company in 1934?
What was the term for the slow, manual shipping process that preceded containerization?
What was the core idea McLean used to redesign global commerce logistics?
What was the name of the vessel McLean retrofitted for the first demonstration of container shipping?
On what date did the *Ideal X* make its inaugural voyage from Port Newark?
What term describes the principle allowing a single sealed container unit to move across rail, ship, and truck without being opened?
What significant cost reduction occurred in shipping costs per ton shortly after container adoption?
Which established groups resisted McLean’s innovation as an existential threat?
What action did McLean take in 1958 to raise capital for developing his container infrastructure?
What initial dimensions of McLean's containers formed the basis for later international standards?
Which organization posthumously honored McLean in 2004 for shaping freight transport?
How many aluminum truck trailers (early shipping containers) did the *Ideal X* carry on its first journey?
What was the traditional method of cargo handling before the standardization of shipping containers?
In which year did W. C. Woods receive a patent for an early system of standardized containers?
What crucial feature limited the true universal standardization of Seatrain Lines' system?
What was Malcom McLean's initial profession or primary business before focusing on shipping logistics?
What specific feature differentiated the modern intermodal container from earlier unitization attempts?
What was the destination of the maiden voyage of the Ideal X in 1956?
What material were the initial 58 containers carried on the Ideal X made of?
How significantly could handling costs be reduced once the container system was fully implemented, according to estimates?
Which organization established the first major international standards for freight container dimensions?