Malcom P. McLean

While you probably have never heard of him, Fortune magazine inducted him into its Business Hall of Fame in 1982, in 1995 American Heritage magazine named him one of the ten outstanding innovators of the past 40 years, and in 2000 he was named Man of the Century by the International Maritime Hall of Fame. McLean had several claims to fame: he was the only person to found three companies that were later listed on the New York Stock Exchange (plus two others on the Nasdaq). His most direct contribution to day-to-day life: in 1956 he invented "containerization" -- using large containers to hold goods on cargo ships, which allowed huge increases in port and ship productivity, helping to lower the cost of imported goods. McLean died May 25 from heart failure. He was 87. From This is True for 27 May 2001 Suggestions for further reading: Import/Export For Dummies by John J. Capela Amazon Price: $13.59 Customer Review: This is the best book I've seen for "newbies" trying to get into this business-- but not a great choice for someone who wants to actually go out and start doing international trade. The informaion is remedial-- I guess that's why the book is called "...   The Fiberglass Boat Repair Manual by Allan H. Viatses, Allan H. Vaitses Amazon Price: $19.77 Customer Review: For those looking at an older boat, this book offers great insight to how the older boat may have been constructed. That insight is just nowhere else to be found. I have read my copy from cover to cover. I go back and FREQUENTLY reread sections...   Outboard Engines: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair, Second Edition by Edwin Sherman Amazon Price: $18.94 Customer Review: I work on boats for a living and hadn't dealt with outboards until recently. I bought this book, read through it and am able to do my job better than ever.   Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding by George Buehler Amazon Price: $17.13 Customer Review: A very thorough manual on how to build very solid; heavy displacement boats out of common lumber. George details on the techniques of building heavy workman's boats. These are solid, robust vessels. While they are a far cry of the varnished pie...   The 12-Volt Bible for Boats by Miner Brotherton, Edwin Sherman Amazon Price: $11.53 Customer Review: Mr. Brotherton has written a basic primer for the 12-Volt system. The second edition was a long time coming, perhaps if they'd attended to business, some of the other books on the subject wouldn't have gained the foothold in the boating community tha...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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