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From Ideal X to Houston, 70 Years Later
On April 26, 1956, a converted tanker named the SS Ideal X, developed under the vision of trucking entrepreneur Malcolm McLean, left Port Newark, New Jersey, carrying 58 metal containers. The vessel had been retrofitted from a World War II-era oil tanker, modified to carry containerized cargo on its deck.
The conta...