Friday, December 19, 2014

Friday Houston Port Fact: 1950's

Port of Houston:  1950

After World War II, development of the petrochemical industry along the Houston Ship Channel accelerated and transformed the Port of Houston into the nation's largest petrochemical production complex and one of the largest in the world.


Port of Houston:  1956

Containerization was born when the world's first container ship, M/V Ideal X, sailed with 58 truck trailers from New York/New Jersey and unloaded at the Port of Houston in April 1956

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