Standardization of containers

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The success of the container lies in the standardization of its products and the complete transportation system established by it. It can standardize large objects and gradually realize a global logistics system of ships, ports, routes, roads, transfer stations, bridges, tunnels, and multimodal transport. Therefore, the system efficiency is greatly improved and the transportation cost is greatly reduced.

So, how has the standardization of containers changed? This is reflected in the following aspects: First, containers will transport more goods, and engineers are thinking about how to transport more goods instead of using containers every day. 2. Container transportation has been further expanded to railway transportation, road transportation and other transportation fields. At present, the mainstream transportation equipment for road transportation in developed areas is truck semi-trailer, which can be regarded as an extended application of containers, and its transportation efficiency has reached a relatively high level. 3. The standardization, integration, assembly and other advanced industrial production models represented by containers are expanding to other industries and have different impacts on non-logistics industries. This scaling trend has attracted increasing attention and active practice.     

From the appearance, the device container is too simple, and the simple structure is unremarkable. It's just a big steel box with lots of welds and rivets, a plank at the bottom, and two doors at one end. A standard container is like a tinplate can. However, the value of a container is not what it is, but how it is used. Clothes at Walmart and France wouldn't be blooming everywhere until containers came along. With the advent of containers, goods became so cheap that it was much more expensive to manufacture a product in the Eastern Hemisphere and ship it to New York for sale than it would be to produce it in the New York suburbs. Cost savings during shipping come from improvements in tooling and technology, as well as the unique construction of containers. It looks simple, but works its magic. This is a change brought about by simple technology that affects the entire process.

Taking a look at the history of the invention of the container, it turns a seemingly ordinary subject into an unusual and intriguing story, showing how technological advances have changed economic forms. From a narrative point of view, it is more like a book introducing history, but we found that from the history of container invention, we can discover the hidden wisdom behind technological innovation, that is, the charm of standardization.