Box Boats – How Container Ships Changed the World Cudahy Paperback 9780823225699

Box BoatsHow Container Ships Changed the World\nAuthor(s): Brian J. Cudahy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823225699, 978-0823225699\nSynopsis\nFifty years agoon April 26, 1956the freighter Ideal X steamed from Berth 26 in Port Newark, New Jersey. Flying the flag of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, she set out for Houston with an unusual cargo: 58 trailer trucks lashed to her top deck.\n But they weren't trucksthey were steel containers removed from their running gear, waiting to be lifted onto empty truck beds when Ideal X reached Texas. She docked safely, and a revolution was launchednot only in shipping, but in the way the world trades. Today, the more than 200 million containers shipped every year are the lifeblood of the new global economy. They sit stacked on thousands of \""box boats\"" that grow more massive every year. \n In this fascinating book, transportation expert Brian Cudahy provi.