But the greatest revolution in postwar shipping has been the deployment of container ships (for more detail, see chapter 4). They transport cargo in steel crates of standardized dimensions.[62] These steel boxes are about 2.5 meters high and wide (length varies) and are stacked inside the hulls and high above the deck. Chances are that everything you wear was carried to its final point of sale in a steel container that started its journey in a factory in Asia.
