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Fill in the Blanks (Reading & Writing)
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Container shipping transformed global trade by allowing goods to be packed into standardised steel boxes that could be between ships, trains and lorries without unloading the contents. Before this innovation, cargo handling was slow and labour-intensive, with dockworkers loading loose crates and sacks by hand. Standardisation eventually cut shipping costs so sharply that it the rise of globalised manufacturing.