Associate Professor of History Sal Mercogliano of Campbell University (www.campbell.edu), former merchant mariner and professor of Maritime Industry Policy at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (www.usmma.edu) discusses the evolution and growth of containerships. In this episode of Maritime Industry Today, Sal looks at the containership sector and discusses the phenomenal growth of vessels from the SS Ideal X in 1956 to the Ultra Large Container Ships of today and what are the implications of such vessels. How Containerization Shaped the Modern World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn7IoT_WSRA&t=211s How a Steel Box Changed the World: A Brief History of Shipping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUkgDIQdcM The Geography of Transport Systems https://transportgeography.org/ Port Economics, Management and Policy https://porteconomicsmanagement.org/ The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/316767.The_Box Box Boats: How Container Ships Changed the World https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1308224.Box_Boats?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=hE4GTYqu8V&rank=1 The Rise and Decline of U.S. Merchant Shipping in the Twentieth Century https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3178077-the-rise-and-decline-of-u-s-merchant-shipping-in-the-twentieth-century Creating Global Opportunities: Maersk Line in Containerisation 1973-2013 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20830015-creating-global-opportunities?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=olerbf76tl&rank=1 33 Knots: the Saga of the Sealand SL-7 and Fast Sealift Ships https://theadvancingblade.wordpress.com/2019/04/01/these-33-knot-military-cargo-ships-are-the-hot-rods-of-the-ocean/ Latest Newbuild ULCVs Could Be Even Bigger https://theloadstar.com/latest-newbuild-ulcvs-even-bigger-introducing-megamax-24/ Top 10 World’s Largest Container Ships In 2021 https://www.marineinsight.com/know-more/top-10-worlds-largest-container-ships-in-2019/ Alphaliner TOP 100 / 15 Ap