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Transport Business, Logistics and Policy Figures

Financiers, executives, economists and government officials whose business decisions, logistics innovations or policy work shaped transport industries and networks rather than the engineering of a vehicle or route. Belongs here: railway financiers and state officials, logistics and containerization innovators whose legacy is organizational rather than a specific vessel design, and economists or regulators whose policy work reshaped an industry. Does not belong here: engineers and inventors whose chief legacy is a specific vehicle, engine or built work, grouped under the relevant domain above.

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1956 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Malcom McLean
WikipediaMalcom McLean, SS Ideal-X first container sailing
Quote, Malcom McLean, SS Ideal-X first container sailing
On April 26, 1956 ... the SS Ideal-X ... was loaded and sailed from the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, New Jersey, for the Port of Houston, Texas, carrying 58 35-foot (11 m) Trailer Vans, later termed containers, along with a regular load of liquid tank cargo.
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