''The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger'' is a non-fiction book by
Marc Levinson charting the historic rise of the
intermodal container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or a freight container, (or simply "container") is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different Mode ...
(shipping container) and how it changed the economic landscape of the global economy. The ''
New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...
'' called it "a smart, engaging book".
The book inspired the name for the project "
The Box" run by
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...
from September 2008 onwards, in which the BBC were
tracking a container for a period of one year.
''The Box'' won a bronze medal in the
Independent Publisher Book Awards
The Independent Publisher Book Awards, also styled as the IPPY Awards, are a set of annual literary awards for independently published books. They are the longest-running unaffiliated contest open exclusively to independent presses. The IPPY Aw ...
(2007) in the "Finance/Investment/Economics" category. It also won the 2007 Anderson Medal from the
Society for Nautical Research
The Society for Nautical Research is a British society that conducts research and sponsors projects related to maritime history worldwide.
Founded in 1910, the Society initially encouraged research into seafaring, ship-building, the language and ...
. ''The Box'' was shortlisted for the
(2006).
Editions
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The 2nd edition has an extra chapter.
Chapters
# The World the Box Made
# Gridlock on the Docks
# The Trucker
# The System
# The Battle for New York's Post
# Union Disunion
# Setting the Standard
# Takeoff
# Vietnam
# Ports in a Storm
# Boom and Bust
# The Bigness Complex
# The Shipper's Revenge
# Just in Time
# Adding Value
See also
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Dry port
A dry port (sometimes referred to as an inland port) is an inland intermodal terminal directly connected by road or rail to a seaport, operating as a centre for the transshipment of sea cargo to inland destinations.
In addition to their role i ...
– aka "Inland Port"
References
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American non-fiction books
Intermodal containers