Frank Broeze
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780973007336
- eISBN:
- 9781786944719
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780973007336.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Maritime History
This chapter serves as a conceptual introduction to containerism. It follows a concise, linear route through the development of the industry, and discusses the relevant factors and technologies that ...
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This chapter serves as a conceptual introduction to containerism. It follows a concise, linear route through the development of the industry, and discusses the relevant factors and technologies that enabled its rise to prominence within the shipping industry. It summarises the industry’s growth by claiming the rapid improvement of technologies and the global demand for the service created a tremendous momentum brought the industry into prominenceLess
This chapter serves as a conceptual introduction to containerism. It follows a concise, linear route through the development of the industry, and discusses the relevant factors and technologies that enabled its rise to prominence within the shipping industry. It summarises the industry’s growth by claiming the rapid improvement of technologies and the global demand for the service created a tremendous momentum brought the industry into prominence
