A threatened ports strike is already having an impact in America
A stoppage could shut 36 ports from Texas to Maine
FED UP WITH waiting ages to load and unload his trailer, Malcolm McLean, a former lorry driver, developed containers, which could be easily lifted on and off lorries and ships. They changed the freight industry. The first ship carrying containers left the Port of Newark, which is part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANY/NJ), in 1956.
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