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(erielack) Re: EL's Port Newark operations
- Subject: (erielack) Re: EL's Port Newark operations
- From: "David Goessling" <dgoessling_@_yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 06:26:30 -0400
- References: <200906010933.n519X11m058564_@_net.bluemoon.net>
For a complete history of this era of the evolution of the container
shipping business (and into the present) read "The Box - How the Shipping
Container made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger" by Marc
Levinson. (It's often on discount sale at overstock.com...)
No EL content, but it explains a lot about how the economics of moving
freight has changed.
Dave G.
> From: "Paul Brezicki" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: (erielack) EL's Port Newark operations?
>
> Yes, I should have said, "before containerization had completely replaced
> conventional movement". SeaLand acquired a fleet of 35' containers in the
> late 50's, while Matson began developing its system with 24' boxes at the
> same time. 1966 was the year SeaLand inaugurated trans-Atlantic
> containership service. I believe this was around the time NY longshoremen
> won the right to unload or "de-stuff" containers on the dock after a
> strike
> over job protection. International container shipping really got going
> after
> the International Standards Organization proposed standards for container
> dimensions and fastenings in 1968. This lead to the standard 40' and 20'
> boxes that we're all familiar with, and for quite a while were referred to
> as ISO containers, implying use in international shipping. The point here
> is
> that in 1966, a lot of freight was still being handled at the PONY in the
> traditional manner.
>
> Paul B
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