# Malcom McLean

> Malcolm "Malcom" Purcell McLean was an American businessman who invented the modern intermodal shipping container, which revolutionized transport and international trade during the second half of the twentieth century. Containerization resulted in a major reduction of the cost of freight transportation by eliminating the need for repeated, labor-intensive handling of individual pieces of cargo, and also improved three-dimensional packing capability, reduced damage and cargo theft, and decreased inventory costs by shortening transit time. Containerization is a major enabler of globalization.

*American businessman (1913-2001)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1913-11-14
- **Died:** 2001-05-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 16.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Malcom McLean](https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [مالكوم ماكلين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [Malkolm Maklin](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malkolm_Maklin)
- [Malcom McLean](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [Malcom McLean](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [Malcom McLean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [Malcom McLean](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [Malcom Purcell McLean](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_Purcell_McLean)
- [Malcom McLean](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [מלקום מקלין](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F)
- [Malcolm McLean](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_McLean)
- [マルコム・マクレーン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3)
- [맬컴 매클레인](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%AC%EC%BB%B4_%EB%A7%A4%ED%81%B4%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B8)
- [Malcom McLean](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [Malcolm McLean](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_McLean)
- [Malcom McLean](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcom_McLean)
- [Маклин, Малком](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC)
- [Малком Маклін](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD)
- [Malcolm McLean](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_McLean)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q773543)

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