00:00A standardized corrugated steel box dramatically slashed global maritime shipping costs.
00:06Before 1956, loading cargo required armies of dock workers, hauling individual barrels and wooden crates.
00:14Trucker Malcolm McLean bought a shipping line and invented a standardized metal box locking onto chassis.
00:21Giant gantry cranes now lift identical steel containers directly from semi-trucks onto massive ocean vessels.
00:28Rail systems synchronized intermodal transfers, accelerating freight distribution across continental railway networks.
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