Shipping containers fixing the world

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  People Fixing the World.

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  Welcome to People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service with me, Myra Anubi.

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  This is a show that puts new ideas alongside old problems to make the world a better place.

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  Now this week,

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  we're looking at how boring shipping containers can be re-engineered in surprising and exciting ways.

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  In 1955, an American businessman had a brainwave.

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  Malcolm McLean, the owner of a trucking company,

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  realized that a huge amount of time could be saved when transporting goods

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  if lots of items could be moved from ship to ship.

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  to train to truck in a single container.

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  He went on to create a metal box and he shared his design with other shipping companies.

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  70 years on,

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