#transportation

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

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 act of reading can transport us to different worlds.

From The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt

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

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

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

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 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

Before containers, shipping was slow and inefficient.

From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson

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 container changed the geography of trade routes and shipping ports.

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

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 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