containerization

American  

[kuhn-tey-ner-uh-zey-shuhn] / kənˌteɪ nər əˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

Transportation.

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.

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Etymology

Origin of containerization

First recorded in 1955–60; containerize + -ation

Example Sentences

And maybe containerization is too much to ask.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2023

Before containerization, the cargo they loaded and unloaded was called “breakbulk”: individual sacks of flour and coffee, pallets of apples, beams of steel.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Much of this, as cited by Roper, is made possible through what’s called application containerization; it is defined as an operating system-level “virtualization method used to deploy and run distributed applications,” according to Techtarget.com.

From Fox News • Jun. 2, 2020

Another economic change that all the world’s dock workers had to contend with was containerization.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2019

All this began to change with containerization, as goods were no longer shipped loose but packed into containers that stacked efficiently, and transferred easily between ships and trucks and trains.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2017