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Malcolm McLean's idea of containerization changed the basics of cargo transport by standardizing the dimensions of the container and simultaneously improving the productivity of ports by mechanizing handling of container-carrying  'cellular'  ships and reducing their handling to a few hours only. Unitisation helped elimination of multiple handling of cargo and made transfers quick, cheap and easy. As containerization came to stand for  'cargo care' , it grew by leaps and bounds the world over.   CONCOR is a public sector enterprise under the Government of India and was the sole container freight subsidiary of Indian Railways, however divestment is in progress.  Now the  government has allowed private operators to run containers trains across India.  Currently  CONCOR is India’s largest railway container freight operator.   In addition to providing inland transport by rail for containers, it has also expanded to cover management of Ports, air cargo complexes and esta