@jfcarpio (Twitter)

In 1956, hand-loading cargo onto a ship in a U.S. port cost $5.86 per ton ($55.58 in today's money). By 2006, shipping containers reduced that price to just 16 cents per ton ($0.21 in today's money). #HeroesOfProgress (link: https://buff.ly/2ZVt2Fl) buff.ly/2ZVt2Fl