Early in the 20th century, the New York-based Bowling Green Lift-Van Company manufactures the first 18′ x 8′ x 8′ metal boxes, sparking a revolution in land transportation. A few decades later, in 1956, the Ideal X, a ship that holds 58 containers on its deck, sets sail from Newark Port on the world’s first … Continue reading History of steel boxes or where did containers come from?