Difference between Cargo Containers and Portable Storage Containers | LOTUS Containers
Since the invention of shipping boxes, the logistics industry has come up with a lot of different names for its products like shipping containers , cargo containers, conex, and portable storage containers. Shippers and even carrier companies are often seen bewildered with their different types. Many claims that there is no such difference between them and most of these terms are used as synonyms for each other. Well, to understand this, you need to travel back to history. Prior to the year 1940, there was no such existence of any containers. It was during the Korean and Vietnam war when standard size steel boxes known as CONEX box were developed with an intent to transport and store supply materials to soldiers at borders. It was then further reinvented by Malcolm McLean, an American transportation entrepreneur and widely started getting used for the transportation of heavy and large size goods from one location to another covering both domestic and international markets. From...