Port Newark and the Origins of Container Shipping

by Angus Kress Gillespie

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978818718
• ISBN13: 9781978818712
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"