Record #:

10988

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Malcolm McLean of Robeson County founded the McLean Trucking Company. In 1956, he created containerized shipping, an approach that revolutionized the world of shipping. His idea was to build a tractor-trailer truck in which the trailer part could be lifted onto a ship or onto railroad cars, without anyone touching the contents, and transported to a particular destination, where it was loaded back onto a truck and delivered to the customers. In 1969, the company, Sea-Land Service, Inc., merged with another North Carolina company, RJ Reynolds.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 28 Issue 7, July 1970, p77-78, 119, il, por

Subject(s):

McLean, Malcolm, 1914-2001