Container transport made its way very quickly, and with its great dynamics, in a short time it affected shipping, ports, railway shipbuilding, road transport, inland navigation and even air transport. , documentation, shipping and standardization. The lack of mandatory regulations that would be in line with the requirements of a fully integrated international transport system is particularly hard felt, although significant successes have been achieved in that area in the meantime. There is no doubt that containerization will continue to expand in the coming period, although not all the optimistic justifications regarding the reduction of costs compared to certain conventional transport routes have been fulfilled. The essence and imperative development of the containerization trend is in accordance with the creation and expression of the development and features of the containerization process itself, and with regard to the development and analysis of container traffic from the beginning of the 21st century until today. The second part of the paper provides an overview of the development trends of the container fleet in the world from 1980 to 2019. Related to this the author of several practical proposals.