Which country did the modern container first appear in?
. The first shipment has been an exciting success. The handling cost per ton of goods fell from $5.53 to $0.15. The first successful later, in October 1957, the first ship converted container "gatto Wei city" (Gateway City), put into operation in Macklin's Pan Atlantic Steamship Co, which ushered in a new era of container transportation. In 1960, the company was renamed the "sea transport company" (Sea-Land Service Inc.), to 1965, the company announced plans to circumnavigate the world large container ship. Since then, container shipping has become a common mode of transportation in international trade, and many large shipping companies have followed suit.
The idea of using containers in marine transportation was first proposed by American Mclean (Malcom Marco Macklin). In his opinion, only by realizing the land sea combined transportation of the container can the advantages of container transport be brought into full play. By 1956, Ma Kelin acquired Pan Atlantic Steamship Co (Pan-Atlantic Streamship Corp.) on a ship without refitting the tanker deck loading 60 large container, from New York to Houston, the first maritime container transport precedent
Containers were invented and used by the Americans. They were first used in railways. In March 19, 1921, it first appeared in the New York railway transportation corporation. The British were also reluctant to lag behind, and they began the direct British to European direct shipping service 8 years later, in 1929. But these are only partial, small-scale use.
