Shipping containers :: Shared Description

The idea and creation of the modern shipping container can be credited to American businessman (and former trucking company owner) Malcolm McLean in 1955. Rather than wait days for ships to be loaded and unloaded he devised a simple system where goods could be packed into standardised, rugged containers - these could then be carried by road or rail but also loaded, locked and stacked securely on board ships for transport across the globe and easily unloaded at the other end. The system revolutionised modern transportation of goods, increasing efficiency, lowering costs but also costing thousands of jobs across ports around the world. Today around 90% of non-bulk cargo is carried via shipping containers. In the UK, enormous ships that can carry over 14,000 containers arrive into ports such as Felixstowe and Harwich or nearby Rotterdam. Containers are then unloaded and moved across the country by road, rail or onto smaller 'feeder' ships that can navigate other ports around the country. To understand more about the process see the BBC Box project at LinkExternal link which tracked the route of a shipping container across the globe or the excellent programme 'The Box that Changed Britain' - frequently repeated on BBC4 and thus available on the iPlayer at LinkExternal link .
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J3677 : Cranes at Belfast Container Terminal (Victoria Terminal 3), Belfast Harbour by Phil Champion
J3374 : Primark/Bank Buildings, Belfast - September 2019(1) by Albert Bridge
J3374 : Primark (Bank Buildings) fire, Belfast - December 2018(6) by Albert Bridge
J3678 : The "X-press Mulhacen", Belfast (January 2018) by Albert Bridge
J3677 : "RMS Veritas", Belfast (November 2016) by Albert Bridge
J3577 : Dargan Road, Belfast by Rossographer
J5083 : The 'JSP Misral' off Bangor by Rossographer
J3778 : The "Christopher", Belfast Lough (October 2016) by Albert Bridge
J3678 : The "Christopher", Belfast  (November 2016) by Albert Bridge
J3374 : Primark (Bank Buildings) fire, Belfast - January 2019(5) by Albert Bridge
J3575 : The Riverbox artwork (night view), Titanic Quarter, Belfast (September 2019) by Albert Bridge
J3677 : The "Nordic Bremen", Belfast (September 2018) by Albert Bridge
J3779 : The 'Tistedal' at Belfast by Rossographer
C6631 : Shipping container, Bellarena by Rossographer
J3678 : The 'Conmar Elbe' at Belfast by Rossographer
J5083 : The 'Phoenix II' off Bangor by Rossographer
J3778 : The "Endurance", Belfast harbour (June 2019) by Albert Bridge
J3678 : Container crane, Belfast harbour (June 2015) by Albert Bridge
J3678 : The 'Conmar Elbe' at Belfast by Rossographer
J3678 : Shipping container terminal, Belfast by Rossographer
J3374 : Primark (Bank Buildings) fire, Belfast - December 2018(1) by Albert Bridge
J3779 : The "BG Ireland", Belfast Lough (2) by Albert Bridge
J5284 : The 'BG Diamond' off Groomsport by Rossographer
J3879 : The "Anne Sibum", Belfast Lough (March 2015) by Albert Bridge
J3778 : The "Anna G", Belfast Lough (February 2018) by Albert Bridge

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Created: Wed, 9 Mar 2011, Updated: Wed, 19 Feb 2014

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