Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: From receptacle to container
  • 1933-1939: First departure
  • 1948-1965: Multi-modal transport gets underway
  • 1965-1975: Towards efficiency and standarization
  • 1975-1985: The BIC and the ISO prefix
  • 1986-2000: Quality control
  • 2000-2013: A framework for globalization
  • Glossary
  • Organizations.