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FreightWaves Classics: Trailer Company of America combined two pioneering companies
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FreightWaves Classics: Trailer Company of America combined two pioneering companies
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Maritime-News: Ex-Sea-Land executive, containerization pioneer David Tolan dead at 88
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Giants of the Sea – the legacy of Malcom McLean
Giants of the Sea, published late last year by industry veteran John McCown, Jr. is a book about bigger and bigger vessels, with unique insights into a group of visionary larger-than-life shipowners who contemplated, designed and ultimately constructed them.
But the central focus of this insightful volume is on the acknowledged inventor of containerization- Malcom McLean, McCown’s boss for more than two decades, and mentor in the business.
In an industry that is now on the cusp of another technological revolution- concerning all things related to alternative fuels, McLean presents something of a paradox. His trucking company- the launching pad for the beginnings of container transport business that became SeaLand, had grown to be one of the USA’s largest, due to McLean’s shrewdness and single-mindedness, ok- sheer toughness, against a highly competitive backdrop. Yet he recognized that for containerization to work on a large
FreightWaves Classics: Port of Long Beach celebrates 110 years of service
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