Malcom McLean
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FreightWaves Classics: Fairchild XC-120 was ahead of its time
FreightWaves Classics profiles the Fairchild XC-120 – a very unusual cargo airplane.
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FreightWaves Classics: Malcom McLean’s container ship begins first journey in 1956
FreightWaves Classics profiles the first voyage of the Ideal X, Malcom McLean's first container ship.
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FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: Horizon Lines was largest Jones Act maritime logistics company
FreightWaves Classics profiles Horizon Lines, once the largest Jones Act shipping line.
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FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: August Fruehauf and his trailers changed trucking (Part 1)
Many people will call an 18-wheeler a “truck.” But it is actually a tractor-trailer, made up of the tractor (the power source) and a trailer…
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FreightWaves Classics: Port of Long Beach celebrates 110 years of service
The Port of Long Beach celebrates its 110 birthday today! Read a profile of the port in this FreightWaves Classics article.
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FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Malcom McLean changed the freight world with intermodal containers
Malcom McLean revolutionized transportation with the intermodal container. Read about him in this FreightWaves Classics article.
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FreightWaves Classics: A.P. Moller – Maersk is a world leader in transportation and logistics
In less than 110 years, what is now A.P. Moller – Maersk has grown from a single steamship to a worldwide leader in transportation and…
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Maritime History Notes: Daniel K. Ludwig — father of the supertanker
American shipping magnate believed in efficiency and economies of scale in operating the world’s largest ships.
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Commentary: What ‘The Box’ teaches us about revolutionary change
“The Box – How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger” by Marc Levinson makes the case that the shipping…
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Maritime History Notes: Waterman Steamship Co. at 100
Of the 200 U.S.-flag shipping companies that were formed after World War I, only one remains in operation today.
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