海运集装箱让远洋运输变成了一个高效、竞争激烈的行业。

The shipping container transformed ocean shipping into a highly efficient, intensely competitive business.

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蒸汽的高成本、加上货运对速度的低需求，使得世界上大多数的海运货物都是通过帆船来运输的，直到20世纪初，这一状况才有所改变。

The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century.

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在这一时期，谷物和其他固体货物被装在由黏土以外的材料所制成的集装箱里，通过拉米安海运输。

During the period, grain and other solid cargo was shipped across the Ramian Sea in containers made from material other than clay.

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