This document summarizes the key points about the invention of shipping containers by Malcom McLean in 1956. It discusses how shipping had not changed in decades prior and involved labor-intensive loading and unloading of cargo. McLean realized that reducing shipping costs required a new system centered around standardized containers that could be easily loaded onto ships, trains and trucks. The introduction of containers revolutionized global trade by drastically improving shipping efficiency and reducing costs. Containerization remains the foundation for efficient global transport of goods today.

1. THE TRAVELLING BOX-IMPORTANT POINTS
SUBJECT: LOGISTICS II
COURSE: 6TH A
LECTURER: MSC. MAX GALARZA HERNANDEZ
MEMBERS:
CAROLINA JARRÍN
CARLOS NARVAEZ
JOSELYN VARGAS
MELISSA VERA

2. INTRODUCTION
Containers were invented
by Malcom McLean, an
American trucking driver, in
1956.
Until the 1960s, shipping had
not changed much in decades.

3.  Containers as Housing, Server, Art,Office Building
 Most important invention of XX Century
 Complex process of invention
 Trade barrier, freight cost
 50,000 workers on the docks 1900

4. REASONS
In the past moving
goods was so expensive
because Handling cargo
was a labor-intensive
activity, and transportation
costs and times were huge
obstacles to trade.
Trade barriers
Freight transportation
that was 20 to 25% of
the value of the goods.
Docks and
dockworkers increase
the freight cost
because a lot of days
was needed to load and
unload the
merchandise
“The Warrior”
which sailed from
Brooklyn to
Bremerhaven,
Germany and carried a
lot of cargo.

5. McLean set out to design and build a new
shipping system from scratch based on a
novel approach to the business:
Whereas most shipping executives at the
time believed that their business
was operating ships,
“McLean’s fundamental insight,
commonplace today but quite radical in the
1950s, was that the shipping industry’s
business was moving cargo”
McLean understood that reducing the cost
of shipping goods required not just a metal
box but an entire new way of handling
freight.

6. IMPORTANCE OF THE
CONTAINERS
The value of this utilitarian object lies
not in what it is, but in how it is used.
The container is at the core of a highly
automated system for moving goods
from anywhere, to anywhere, with a
minimum of cost and complication on
the way.
International trade would be
impossible without
containerization.

7. CONCLUSION
The introduction of
standardized containers, has
drastically improved the
efficiency of the global shipping
industry, and will continue to
provide a foundation for an
efficient method of transport;
for many more years to come.

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