A container box configured for transporting cargo on a ship, truck or train, the container box comprising: a front end and a rear end, the rear end having a rear curtain for enclosing cargo therein, the front end having a container controller disposed within an access panel, the container controller controlling the container box; one or more pressure transducers (156, 160) disposed within the container box, the one or more pressure transducers operatively connected to the container box, wherein the container box is configured for monitoring pressure within the container box with the pressure transducers, the container box configured to perform an airtightness test during a shipping operation, including: pressurizing the container box until pressure in the container box is above a first threshold; monitoring pressure in the container box to determine when pressure in the container box is proximate the first threshold; monitoring a first duration during which pressure in the contain box drops from the first threshold to a second threshold; determining whether the first duration is within an acceptable range; and when the duration is outside the acceptable range, communicating an alert to a container box monitoring implement; wherein the container box monitors for a trigger event to initiate the airtightness test, wherein the trigger event is a predetermined activity in a transportation cycle, including one or more of being loaded onto or unloaded from a transportation vehicle, arriving at or departing from a loading or unloading destination, arriving at one or more predetermined geographic locations; wherein the container box monitoring implement is a smart mobile device; and wherein the first threshold is two inches water-gauge and the second threshold is one inch water-gauge. a front end and a rear end, the rear end having a rear curtain for enclosing cargo therein, the front end having a container controller disposed within an access panel, the container controller controlling the container box; one or more pressure transducers (156, 160) disposed within the container box, the one or more pressure transducers operatively connected to the container box, wherein the container box is configured for monitoring pressure within the container box with the pressure transducers, the container box configured to perform an airtightness test during a shipping operation, including: pressurizing the container box until pressure in the container box is above a first threshold; monitoring pressure in the container box to determine when pressure in the container box is proximate the first threshold; monitoring a first duration during which pressure in the contain box drops from the first threshold to a second threshold; determining whether the first duration is within an acceptable range; and when the duration is outside the acceptable range, communicating an alert to a container box monitoring implement; wherein the container box monitors for a trigger event to initiate the airtightness test, wherein the trigger event is a predetermined activity in a transportation cycle, including one or more of being loaded onto or unloaded from a transportation vehicle, arriving at or departing from a loading or unloading destination, arriving at one or more predetermined geographic locations; wherein the container box monitoring implement is a smart mobile device; and wherein the first threshold is two inches water-gauge and the second threshold is one inch water-gauge. pressurizing the container box until pressure in the container box is above a first threshold; monitoring pressure in the container box to determine when pressure in the container box is proximate the first threshold; monitoring a first duration during which pressure in the contain box drops from the first threshold to a second threshold; determining whether the first duration is within an acceptable range; and when the duration is outside the acceptable range, communicating an alert to a container box monitoring implement; wherein the container box monitors for a trigger event to initiate the airtightness test, wherein the trigger event is a predetermined activity in a transportation cycle, including one or more of being loaded onto or unloaded from a transportation vehicle, arriving at or departing from a loading or unloading destination, arriving at one or more predetermined geographic locations; wherein the container box monitoring implement is a smart mobile device; and wherein the first threshold is two inches water-gauge and the second threshold is one inch water-gauge.