Editing Intermodal container (section)

==== 48-foot containers ====
The first North American containers to come to market were {{convert|48|ft|m}} long. This size was introduced by container shipping company [[American President Lines]] (APL) in 1986.<ref name="ELG-APLboxes">{{cite web |url=http://exportlogisticsguide.com/apl-introduces-53-foot-ocean-containers/ |title=APL Introduces 53 Foot Ocean Containers |last=Crowe |first=Paul |date=2 November 2007 |website=Export Logistics Guide |access-date=25 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104235508/http://exportlogisticsguide.com/apl-introduces-53-foot-ocean-containers |archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> The size of the containers matched new federal regulations passed in 1983 which prohibited states from outlawing the operation of single trailers shorter than {{convert|48|ft|m}} long or {{convert|102|in|cm}} wide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blaszak |first=Michael W. |date=1 May 2006 |title=Intermodal equipment |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/train-basics/abcs-of-railroading/intermodal-equipment/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=[[Trains Magazine]] |language=en-US}}</ref> This size being {{convert|8|ft|m|2}} longer and {{convert|6|in|cm|0}} wider has 29% more volume capacity than the standard 40-ft High-Cube,<ref name="HofstraFeetcapacity">{{cite web |url=https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch3en/conc3en/containerscubic.html |title=Carrying Capacity of Containers (in cubic feet) |author=Jean-Paul Rodrigue |date=2006 |website=The Geography of Transport Systems |publisher=[[Hofstra University]] |access-date=25 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903224640/http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch3en/conc3en/containerscubic.html |archive-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> yet costs of moving it by truck or rail are almost the same.