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C ontainerization is a system of intermodal freight transport that uses shipping containers with standardized dimensions, that can be load- ed and unloaded, stacked, transported efficiently over long distances, and transferred from one mode of transport to another - container ships, rail flatcars, and trailer trucks.The first modern shipping container was invented and patented in 1956 by an American named MalcolmMcLean. McLean was not an ocean shipper, but a trucker who saw the need to streamline the transfer of cargo between the various modes of transport, AT A GLANCE CIMC INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT WHAT: A manufacturer and dealer of container box chassis WHERE: South Gate, California WEBSITE: www.cimcintermodalequipment.com INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT CIMC INTERMODAL EQUIPMENT MAKING THE CHASSIS THAT MOVE FREIGHT CI C