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Born in Maxton, North Carolina. -
McLean Trucking Co.
Together with his sister Clara McLean, and brother Jim McLean founded the McLean Trucking Co. in Red Springs , North Carolina. McLean Trucking was transporting empty tobacco barrels with Malcolm as one of the drivers. -
Early years
He showed signs of genius at a young age. created the modern containerized commercial shipping system. "Mr. Container". In 1935, he finished his studies at the institute in Winston-Salem -
Ambitions
Malcolm McLean always imagined how to create containers in order to create a new international trading system. -
Sea-Land development
Around 1952 he developed plans to take his company's trucks on ships along the US Atlantic coast, from North Carolina to New York. -
Sea-Land development
The "Trailerships", as they were called, were inefficient due to the poor use of space on board, causing breakage in the stowage. So only the containers without the vehicle chassis loaded on the ship. -
Containerization
In 1956 most shipments were loaded and unloaded by hand by longshoremen. Manual loading cost $5.86 per ton at the time. Using containers it cost only 16 cents per ton. Containerization reduced the time spent loading and unloading ships. McLean stated that "a ship makes money only when it is at sea", and based his business on seeking efficiency. -
Risk or win
McLean took out a $22 million bank loan andpurchased two World War II barges that he modified to carry containers above and below deck. This was common practice since World War II for the transport of large cargo such as aircraft. He spent several months remodeling the ships, building containers and adapting the chassis designs for them. -
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Relationship 1
In his personal life, he had two wives, His firts wives Sarah McLean (1959 – 1992) with the first he had three children -
Diamondhead
Mclean financed a real estate project in Waveland, Mississippi, which was the basis for Diamondhead . -
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United States Lines
In 1978 McLean acquired United States Lines . He built a fleet of container ships totaling 4,400- TEU , the largest at the time. But United States Lines declared bankruptcy in 1987. McLean took the ensuing criticism of the collapse and job losses -
Trailer Bridge, Inc.
In 1991, at the age of 78, McLean founded Trailer Bridge, Inc., which operates between the US (Jacksonville, Florida), Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic . -
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Relationship 2
And his second wives, Irena McLean (1993 – 2001) -
Death
McLean died at his home on the East Side of Manhattan on May 25, 2001, at age 87, of heart failure.
