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Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

Gillespie, Angus Kress
Rockland, Michael Aaron

Hardcover

Business GeneralTechnology & EngineeringRegional: Middle Atlantic

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ISBN10: 1978818718
ISBN13: 9781978818712
Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
Published: Oct 14 2022
Pages: 286
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
Container shipping is a vital part of the global economy. Goods from all around the world, from vegetables to automobiles, are placed in large metal containers which are transported across the ocean in ships, then loaded onto tractor-trailers and railroad flatbeds. But when and where did this world-changing invention get started?

This fascinating study traces the birth of containerization to Port Newark, New Jersey, in 1956 when trucker Malcom McLean thought of a brilliant new way to transport cargo. It tells the story of how Port Newark grew rapidly as McLean's idea was backed by both New York banks and the US military, who used containerization to ship supplies to troops in Vietnam. Angus Gillespie takes us behind the scenes of today's active container shipping operations in Port Newark, talking to the pilots who guide the ships into port, the Coast Guard personnel who help manage the massive shipping traffic, the crews who unload the containers, and even the chaplains who counsel and support the mariners. Port Newark shines a spotlight on the unsung men and women who help this complex global shipping operation run smoothly.


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