the 35-foot containers were manufactured by Fruehauf and offered for sale by Sea-Land. After inventing the container Fruehauf and McLean agreed to give the patented designs and technology to industry. This, the first truly successful container was launched Apwhen McLean loaded 58 containers on board the refitted tanker ship, the SS Ideal X, and it sailed from Newark to Houston with great success.Įntering into a joint venture, Fruehauf financed McLean’s Sea-Land Service, Inc. His design incorporated a twistlock mechanism on the top four corners of each container that allowed them to be lifted and secured to the ship’s deck, and each other, using cranes. His task was to create a shipping container that could be loaded onto ships and secured into place during long sea voyages. ![]() Keith Tantlinger, Fruehauf's Vice President of engineering is credited with developing the modern intermodal container.
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