Not to mention that the federal government then decided to standardize the size of shipping containers, and picked an arbitrary size that was different that the

Not to mention that the federal government then decided to standardize the size of shipping containers, and picked an arbitrary size that was different that the sizes used by the only two companies that had any container ships. When they offered huge subsidies to ship builders who adopted their new arbitrary 40' and 20' standards, it made the companies that pioneered the technology almost instantly non-competitive.