The box that changed the world : fifty years of container shipping - an illustrated history /Arthur Donovan and Joseph Bonney.

"Malcom McLean had a simple idea: Use a standard-sized metal box to ove cargo by land and sea. On April 26, 1956, he loaded his first boxes aboard the converted tanker Ideal X. It was an event that changed the world. McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was not the first to move containers by sea. But he was the first to turn the concept into an enduring industry. Fifty years after the first voyage of the Ideal X, containerised shipping has transformed the world's economy by providing a protective, efficient way to transport everything, from shoes to bananas to big-screen TVs. The Box That Changed The World traces the growth of this often overlooked industry and the stories of the people who made it happen."--Provided by the publisher.