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I guess this is the next upheaval in shipping. I think the last upheaval was with the introduction of the shipping container. A fascinating read on the subject:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller/dp/...

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It's also interesting in that it touches on many of the factors that can inhibit the adoption of new technologies: lack of standards, regulations, entrenched interests like labor agreements, and limits imposed by existing infrastructure.

Seconded. If you spend any time at all wondering about how things are shuttled around the world, read The Box.

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