Securing a tall order

Just a tweak: Chan (left) and Kwan with one of their 9ft 6in HC20 container (with the Infinity label) which is taller and adds about four cubic metres in volume.

In VIETNAM in 1965, when the US government started a rapid buildup of military forces in a place with primitive roads, a single rail line that was largely inoperative and only one deep-water port, some saw a big problem. But American trucking firm owner, Malcom McLean, saw a big business opportunity.

He had a vision of creating ways of seamlessly moving cargo from trucks to ships to trains, without loss or delay.