The man behind the box

摘要

The next time you operate a twistlock, spare a moment to commemorate the passing of Keith Tantlinger, who developed the key technology that made containerisation possible.He was vice-president of engineering at Brown Industries, which supplied trailers to Malcom McLean, the man who saw the benefits in putting trucks on to ships. To get as many on to a ship as possible, he wanted to stack them, but the wheels got in the way.