THE TRAVELLING BOX-IMPORTANT POINTS

SUBJECT: LOGISTICS II

COURSE: 6TH ALECTURER: MSC. MAX GALARZA HERNANDEZ

GRADE: 10

MEMBERS:

CAROLINA JARRÍNCARLOS NARVAEZJOSELYN VARGAS

MELISSA VERA

INTRODUCTION

Containers were invented by Malcom McLean, an American trucking driver, in 1956.

Until the 1960s, shipping had not changed much in decades.

VARIOUS FACTS 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

REASONSIn 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 barriersFreight

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.

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.

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.

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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

Levison, M. (2008). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbzFCmsVoVM

The Economist (2013). Retrieved from http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/05/economist-explains-14