containerization

[ kuhn-tey-ner-uh-zey-shuhn ]

nounTransportation.
  1. a method of shipping freight in relatively uniform, sealed, movable containers whose contents do not have to be unloaded at each point of transfer.: Compare break bulk (def. 1).

Origin of containerization

1
First recorded in 1955–60; containerize + -ation

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