Editing Containerization (section)

==== World War II ====
During World War II, the [[Australian Army]] used containers to more easily deal with various [[break of gauge|breaks of gauge]] in the railroads. These non-stackable containers were about the size of the later [[Teus|20-foot ISO container]] and perhaps made mainly of wood.<ref>'''With Iron Rails''' p 8.26 by David Burke 1988{{Full citation needed|date=June 2013}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=June 2013}}
[[File:Gueterwagen anagoria.JPG|thumb|Freight car in railway museum [[Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum|Bochum-Dahlhausen]], showing four different UIC-590 pa-containers]]

During the same time, the [[United States Army]] started to combine items of uniform size, lashing them onto a pallet, [[Unit load|unitizing]] cargo to speed the loading and unloading of transport ships. In 1947 the [[Transportation Corps]] developed the ''Transporter'', a rigid, corrugated steel container with a {{convert|9000|lb|kg|abbr=on}} carrying capacity, for shipping household goods of officers in the field. It was {{cvt|8|ft|6|in|m|2}} long, {{cvt|6|ft|3|in|m|2}}, and {{cvt|6|ft|10|in|m|2}} high, with double doors on one end, mounted on skids, and had lifting rings on the top four corners.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Van Ham |first1=Hans |last2=Rijsenbrij |first2=Joan |date=2012|title=Development of Containerization |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CgQmkTczzPwC&pg=PA8 |location=Amsterdam |publisher=[[IOS Press]] |page=8 |isbn=978-1614991465 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transportation.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/CONEX.htm |title=History & Development of the Container – The "Transporter", predecessor to the CONEX |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=15 May 2013 |website=transportation.army.mil |publisher=[[U.S. Army Transportation Museum]] |access-date=20 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720104152/http://www.transportation.army.mil/museum/transportation%20museum/CONEX.htm |archive-date=20 July 2015}}</ref> During the [[Korean War]] the Transporter was evaluated for handling sensitive military equipment and, proving effective, was approved for broader use. Theft of material and damage to [[wood]]en crates convinced the army that steel containers were needed.
[[File:Malcolm McLean at railing, Port Newark, 1957 (7312751706).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|[[Malcom McLean]] at railing, Port Newark, 1957]]