#transport
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Standardization of containers has revolutionized the way goods are transported.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Containers changed the dynamics of international trade forever.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The act of reading can transport us to different worlds.
From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
Sound can transport us to different times and places.
From The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox
The container changed the geography of trade routes and shipping ports.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Every mode of transport has its own story to tell.
From The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes by Carl Hoffman
Shipping costs have plummeted, enabling goods to move across oceans with ease.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The shipping container made the world smaller by facilitating the movement of goods across vast distances with unprecedented efficiency.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Scent has the power to transport us to another place and time.
From The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr
Before containers, shipping was slow and inefficient.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The sound of a violin can transport you to another world.
From The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop by John Marchese
The size of a city influences everything from the efficiency of transportation to the creativity of its people.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
The shipping container has transformed the world economy, making globalization possible.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
With containers, the world became interconnected in ways previously unimaginable.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The introduction of the container revolutionized the way goods are transported.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Information can travel faster than the speed of a horse.
From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
The container made it feasible to move vast quantities of goods with minimal labor.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The shipping container was the most revolutionary invention of the twentieth century.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson