Since its founding in 1960, the mission of CII is to promote and support the business of  international trade and the intermodal container transportation industry. Now committed to educating the next industry of leaders, CII began its role as the voice of the nascent industry while training those that are today’s top-drawer people.

IT ALL STARTED WHEN…

just four years after truck vans—eventually known as shipping containers, an innovation developed by Malcom P. McLean—were carried on deck of a converted tanker, LAUNCHING the age of containerization. Industry leaders recognized the need to educate each other on the whys and hows of this transport mode. It was, in fact, the most revolutionary change in shipping since sail turned to steam and hence the Bulk Packaging & Container Institute, later to be the Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII), became a reality thanks to the vision of the container leasing companieS.

Since its inception, CII has been dedicated to promoting and supporting the business of international trade and the intermodal container transportation community. Through its education outreach, the nonprofit provides scholarships to deserving students pursuing a degree in the fields of logistics and transportation, as well as to institutions that are grooming our future.