The CONEX box , a portmanteau of "Container, express", is a type of cargo container that was developed during the Korean War and was used to transport and store supplies during the Korean and Vietnam wars. It was reinvented by Malcom McLean to form the standard intermodal shipping container , often called an ISO box, after ISO 668 / ISO 6346 , that is used widely by container shipping companies today.
6-535: Conex may refer to: Conex box , an intermodal container for shipping and storage Connectivity exchange , the exchange of information concerning routes to radio stations Conex, a trade name for meta- aramid fiber Conex Sat Ltd, a cable television company in Romania The Conex , a play featuring actor Kahlil Joseph See also [ edit ] Connex (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
12-509: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Conex box The use of standardized steel and aluminum shipping containers began during the late 1940s and early 1950s, when commercial shipping operators and the US military started developing such units. During World War II , the US Army began experiments with containers to ship supplies to
18-577: The elements. By 1965, the US military had some 100,000 CONEX boxes. By 1967, over 100,000 more had been procured to support the escalation of the Vietnam War , making this the world's first intercontinental application of intermodal containers. More than three quarters were shipped only once, because they remained in theatre. The CONEX boxes were as useful to the soldiers as their contents, in particular as storage facilities where there were no other options. The term "CONEX" remains in common use in
24-522: The front lines. Cargo was being delayed at ports due to the time required by break bulk loading and offloading of ships. In addition, the supplies suffered from pilferage and in-transit damage. In 1948, the U.S. Army Transportation Corps developed the "Transporter", a rigid, corrugated steel container, able to carry 9,000 pounds (4,082 kg). It was 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) long, 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) wide, and 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) high, with double doors on one end,
30-406: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Conex . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conex&oldid=995959943 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-811: Was mounted on skids, and had lifting rings on the top four corners. After proving successful in Korea, the Transporter was developed into the Container Express (CONEX) box system in late 1952. Based on the Transporter, the size and capacity of the Conex were about the same, but the system was made modular , by the addition of a smaller, half-size unit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) long, 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) wide and 6 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (2.10 m) high. CONEXes could be stacked three high, and protected their contents from
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