America’s ports could be a weak link in America’s economy.
Michael Maloni, Ph.D., co-author of a 2005 container port capacity survey, says that port traffic is growing exponentially, container volume may double in ten years, and problems are already emerging.
Boxing the economy
The idea of a truck driver from North Carolina, Malcolm McLean, 50 years ago, began the transportation of merchandise in containers and created a true revolution in world commerce. In the 60’s MacLean created the company Sea-Land and passed away almost forgotten in 2001. [link]“The Box that Changed the World” at Amazon
“Without the container, there would be no globalization”.
The Economist, March 2006