Shipping Containers
Last Updated: 06/01/2012
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erisation.
Shipping containers also known as intermodal transport units are loaded and
sealed intact onto railroad cars, ships, planes and trucks etc. The introduction
of shipping containers resulted in huge improvements in port handling
efficiency, which had the effect of lowering freight charges, and lowering
general costs which helps boost the flow of trade. Many manufactured products
humans consume, will have spent some time in shipping containers. The
introduction of shipping containers led to purpose built vessels, which started
in Denmark in 1951. Shipping containers have revolutionized cargo shipping, and
today around 90% of non bulk cargo world wide is transported by shipping
containers stacked on ships.
