
“Today, very few know what regulatory and lobbying problems the containers had to face before becoming a standard in the transportation of goods. An innovation full of controversy 60 years ago, and considered illegal by many, with a regulator deciding on its viability, seems nowadays as something natural that we cannot imagine life without.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/how-an-illegal-shipping-container-reshaped-the-world-economy/
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