26 апр 1956 г. - Containerization Begins

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Containerization involves transporting goods in standardized intermodal containers—typically 20 or 40 feet long—that can be easily transferred between ships, trucks, and trains without unloading the contents.

Before containers, cargo was loaded and unloaded manually which was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and prone to theft or damage. In 1956, American trucking entrepreneur Malcolm McLean developed a shipping container design that laid the foundation for the ISO container standards adopted globally in the 1960s.

With containers, goods could be packed once at the factory and moved directly to the destination without being opened—slashing handling costs and transit times. Containerization became the backbone of global trade, enabling the rise of e-commerce and global just-in-time supply chains which helped shape the vast commercialization of the modern world in a similar way to the Industrial Revolution.

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