The Story Behind the Shipping Container Twistlock
In short: How the invention of the twistlock and the move toward standardization by Malcom McLean and Keith Tantlinger enabled the era of modern global trade.
A 2:04 short film in the series “The Story Behind”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: NPR, “Shipping Container Inventor Transformed World Trade”; The Telegraph, “escenic”; BBC, “The simple steel box that transformed global trade”; ISO (International Organization for Standardization), “Boxing clever – How standardization built a global economy”; USC Dornsife / USC Sea Grant, “23. Automated Container Terminals”; Washington State University, “Phoenix- The Inland Northwest’s Ties to Ocean Shipping | Past As Prologue”; Southern Illinois University Carbondale (OpenSIUC), “The Metal Box That Transformed Global Trade: The Innovative Vision of Malcom McLean behind the Container Revolution”; Smithsonian Magazine, “The Now-Ubiquitous Shipping Container Was an Idea Before Its Time”.
Sources used in this film
- NPR — Shipping Container Inventor Transformed World Trade · View →
- The Telegraph — escenic · View →
- BBC — The simple steel box that transformed global trade · View →
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization) — Boxing clever – How standardization built a global economy · View →
- USC Dornsife / USC Sea Grant — 23. Automated Container Terminals · View →
- Washington State University — Phoenix- The Inland Northwest’s Ties to Ocean Shipping | Past As Prologue · View →
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (OpenSIUC) — The Metal Box That Transformed Global Trade: The Innovative Vision of Malcom McLean behind the Container Revolution · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine — The Now-Ubiquitous Shipping Container Was an Idea Before Its Time · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: NPR: Shipping Container Inventor Transformed World Trade
- Also: The Telegraph: escenic
- Also: BBC: The simple steel box that transformed global trade
- Also: ISO (International Organization for Standardization): Boxing clever – How standardization built a global economy
- Also: USC Dornsife / USC Sea Grant: 23. Automated Container Terminals
- Also: Washington State University: Phoenix- The Inland Northwest’s Ties to Ocean Shipping | Past As Prologue
- Also: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (OpenSIUC): The Metal Box That Transformed Global Trade: The Innovative Vision of Malcom McLean behind the Container Revolution
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine: The Now-Ubiquitous Shipping Container Was an Idea Before Its Time
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