[Historical corner] History of Container formation and development (Part 2): Memorable milestones in the development of Container

April 1956 was considered as a significant time stone - Lealand Company of the United States firstly put the "Idead 10" ship on the route from New York to Houston, opening a new era of Cont industry in particular and the Transport industry in general.

- 1964 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in its activity, announced to the world the first cont standard (20 feet long, 40 feet long, 8 feet high).

- 1965 - 1966 - The shipping companies in the UK announced the establishment of 2 cont transport joint venture companies, including the Overseas Cont Company and the United Transport Company.

- 1966 - The US SeaLand Company opened the first cont shipping route on the Atlantic sea, the ship was stopped by the port of New York, Rotlerdan, and Grangemouth. Atlantic cont ship company ACL was established

 

- In 1967 - Mai - Shun Transport Company opened a trade route crossing the Pacific for the first time. Several loading and unloading companies in the Netherlands set up European Container Terminal Company (ECT).

- 1968 - Orient Oversea Container Lines (OOCL) was established in Hong Kong and became the first shipping company in Asia to transport goods by cont in the Pacific.

Orient Oversea Container Lines (OOCL) – 1974

 

- 1969 - Mr. Y.F. Chang was the President of the Erergreen Group that founded Erergrecor Shipping Company in Taiwan.

- 1970 - Global cont company built a dedicated corporate port meter in New York.

- 1917 - A number of European and Asian transports established the first TKIO Group of two continents.

- 1972 - Isarel transport company opened a transport route between the Mediterranean, Asia and America. Seatrain Company established a transcontinental transport network from the West American coast to the East America and the Gulf of Morm-chain for the first time.

- 1973 - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) included in the Agenda for discussion and ratification of the 40: 40: 20 distribution of goods (but it was not in effect until 1983).

- 1975 - The US Federal Maritime Commission persuaded the BAltic shipping company to suspend the reduction of rates on the Atlantic route. The six bankrupt railroads of Northeast America were nationalized and the United Railway Company was formed.

- 1977 - The European - South American cont transport company (SEACS) carried out the conting process.

- 1978 - Marklin acquired US $ 110 million with the US Shipping Lines (USL).

- 1979 - The shipping company Evergree as a non-member joined the Asia - North America route.

- 1981 - Seven shipping companies crossed the Atlantic in a lawsuit against ……………. was fined USD 51 million by the US Court. The Port of Rotterdam replaced the position of New York port and became the largest container port in the world.

- 1982 - The American Liner Ship Company ordered to build large global container ships.

- 1984 - The Irergreen shipping company started to trade in global routes, the US Liner companies also used 12 "Economy" ships to run their global routes. In 1984, the US Congress promogulated the Law on Shipping.

1986 - The European Community applied the association rule 4056 and 3 other competition ordinances. The American Liner Ship Company went bankrupt.

- 1987 - Ocean shipping company DSR - Senator started business on global routes.

- 1988 - German shipbuilding company built the first container ship named Panamax for the US company APC.

- 1989 - The port of Hong Kong replaced the port of Rotterdam to become the largest container port in the world. Thirteen shipping companies began implementing the Pacific "Stabilization" Agreement.

- 1990 - The world's largest container rental company, Genstai, acquired several other container rental companies.

1991 - SeaLand Company and Maersk Company merged their Pacific service and established a long-term partnership.

30 Asian shipping companies established the Asia Regional Trade Agreement (IADA).

- In 1992 - 18 transport companies in the union and the pilot of the union established the "Eurasian Conference" declaring the "Transatlantic Agreement" founded by 12 Atlantic transportation companies coming into effect.

- In 1993 - "The International Conting Yearbook" announced the volume of conts through the ports of the world, surpassing the "gate" of 100 million TEU for the first time.

- 1994 - The annual volume of containers throughput of Hong Kong and Singapore ports both exceeded 10 million TEU/year.

- 1995 - American President Lines Company, Mitsui OSK Lines Company, Ned Lloyd Company, Orcent Oversea Container Lines Company together established the first "Global Alliance" Group in the world.

- 1998 - Set up a new global alliance (NOL + APL) to merge a shipping company to meet the new market demand with a fleet of 113 container ships, an alliance focusing on business in Atlantre and South America.

Today, the major shipping companies tend to be alliances meeting the needs for the new decade. Alliance will create new methods of work in a certain time period. The world transport service with large ships of 3000 - 4000 TEUS operating on the main service routes does not allow these ships to stop by many ports for loading and unloading goods. The direction for these ships is to stop by at selected major ports in the region.

Therefore, along with the development of container shipping fleets, large ports loading gathering from small ports through the Feeder ship are also established - Five largest transshipment ports over the world serve major trade routes across the world.