How a Steel Box Changed the World: A Brief History of Shipping

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As the container shipping industry continues to boom, companies are adopting new technologies to move cargo faster and shifting to crewless ships. But it’s not all been smooth sailing and the future will see fewer players stay above water.

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  2. Maritime shipping always wins as it's the most efficient way to transport goods. For me, I've also focused more on trade across seas and oceans. I see it's the most effective network above railways and airlines.

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  25. Leathem D. Smith & C. Ray Christianson invented and built the first shipping container system, trademarked under "Safeway Containers", in Sturgeon Bay, WI in 1945.

  32. A battery powered ship? Get outta here, there is not enough Lithium and Cobalt in the world to make these giant ship batteries along with car batteries! In the future these ships will still be running on oil or natural gas however they will become even larger and more complex

  37. There goes more good paying jobs…all that will be left is fat cat around tables…and everyone else on welfare…time to start taxing automation!

  41. At the end when it said “it will replace thousands of truck jobs”, I don’t see how that’s a good thing. It’s literally only taking jobs away

  43. Many of the experts on the area think that battery driven ships will never be a reality for intercontinental shipping because of the weight to energy ratio ending up taking up to much of the ships' load

  46. The future doesn’t hold crewless behemoths, you always need marine engineers to keep the engines and systems running and deck officers to navigate the ship. There will always be a human element to running these ships.

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