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Exports boxed in by container shortage, lack of ship space
(Charleston Regional Business Journal)
June 11, 2008
By Shelia Watson Contributing Writer Charleston Regional Business Journal
When Malcom McLean introduced the shipping container some 50 years ago, it revolutionized global trade, enabling more efficient transport and handling of goods and earning a reputation through the years as “the box that changed the world.”
Increasing dependence on those boxes and the current shortage of them is threatening to shake the nation’s economy to its core ...... Read more on Charleston Regional Business Journal
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