Norway shipped iced herring in 100 kg boxes (about 222 pounds) in the 1920s (and, I believe, back to the 1880s). The boxes replaced the casks. See picture at: Herring boxes

See record (scroll down to) of a Canadian herring box machine and herring boxes (date 1871) at: Box records
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