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Fifty years ago on April 26, 1956, the freighter Ideal X steamed from Berth 26 in Port Newark, New Jersey. Flying the flag of the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company, she set out for Houston with an unusual cargo: 58 trailer trucks lashed to her top deck. But they weren't trucks: they were steel con...

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Main Author: Cudahy, Brian J (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Container ships > History.
Containerization > History.
Porte-conteneurs > Histoire.
Container ships.
Containerization.
Containerschiff
Geschichte 1915-2000.
Geschichte 1915-2000
History.
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Call Number: HE566.C6 C83 2006
 
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