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Brief #016 · CONTAINERS
The box that changed the world
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The shipping container changed the world. In 1956 Malcom McLean put 58 boxes on the Ideal X; standard containers cut loading costs from dollars to cents per ton.
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Things worth knowing about the sea.
The essentials and the curious details of the sea and boating, each in under a minute: why the left side is called port, why a big ship can’t just stop, how a lighthouse tells you which one it is. Made by a naval reserve officer and former boat-handling instructor.
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