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Shipping Containerization, Born at Port Newark ,Now Marks 70 Years in Service

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The Box That Built the Modern World: 70 Years Since the First Container Ship Left Port Newark

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Port Newark, Think of the world’s most life-changing inventions. The smartphone? The lightbulb? Antibiotics? While those are heavy hitters, there is one humble, steel invention that makes almost everything in your life possible: the shipping container.

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