Freight containers are a reusable transport and storage unit for moving products and raw materials between locations or countries. There are about twenty million intermodal containers in the world, and a large proportion of the world?s long-distance freight generated by international trade is transported in shipping containers. Their invention made a major contribution to the globalization of commerce dramatically reducing the cost of transporting goods and hence of long-distance trade.

Protecting the Quality of Chinese imports
China is known as the largest manufacturer in the world. The Asian superpower produces billions worth of products every year, accounting for almost a third of global production. Western companies ...