A simple box which changed the world
How could a simple box become the eighth wonder of the world? The answer is before our eyes every day – the container. ‘Container shipping has shrunk the planet the planet and brought about a revolution because the cost of shipping boxes is so cheap’ says Martin Stoptord of Clarksons , the shipping broker. ‘People talk about the contribution of Microsoft, but container shipping has got to be among the ten most influential industries over the past thirty years.