Shipping Container Ideas and Articles
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Spring cleaning season is quickly coming upon us, and that makes it a great time to give your shipping or storage container a quick clean and make any repairs or general maintenance that may be needed. Like most things, an annual cleaning maintenance will extend the life of your shipping container by keeping it in top condition.
We've written previously about cleaning a shipping container, and pai ...
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Buying a new or used shipping container for any type of project can be a blessing, or nightmare, depending on what you know before you get started. Age, conditiChoosing the Right Shipping Container for your Project
Buying a new or used shipping container for any type of project can be a blessing, or nightmare, depending on what you know before you get started. Age, condition, and the shipping line ...
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Depending on where you live, and what you do, shipping containers are called any number of names. No matter what they're called, at the very core they're all manufactured to a similar specification and are able to be universally handled, managed, and transported on nearly any container ship, train, and chassis in the world. However, it is important to note that there are sizes unique to Europe and ...
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The ideal storage unit is quick to delivery or install, has enough room to store everything that needs to be stored, is secure, and has ample room in case you need to load more things into it in the future. Historically, the most common structure for storage has been a barn or shed constructed from wood, concrete, or bricks; and while structures like this meet most of our criteria, they are very p ...
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When you're having a shipping container delivered to your home or business location the more your plan out in advance the faster it will go. The biggest disservice you can do to yourself, and the driver, is to leave out important details that you may, or may not, know are factors. We've delivered a lot of containers over the years, and have 5 tips that will make your delivery go quickly and easi ...
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Three short years ago we published "10 Facts about Shipping Containers" and the page has been visited by a lot of our customers and readers. Since that time, a few things have changed in the shipping world and it seems that now is a good time to update the page and provide 10 more facts about shipping containers.
1. Shanghai remains the busiest container port in the world, and since 2011 the throu ...
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Shipping container lock boxes are an aftermarket container part that can greatly increase the security of your used shipping and storage container.
New and used shipping containers, like new and used cars, come equipped with different features that were chosen by the original buyer; in the case of cargo containers the original buyer is typically a shipping line. Just for background knowledge, when ...
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Most of the new shipping container production still takes place in China, and COVID has not changed that. Currently, Intermodal Asia is scheduled in Shanghai, and the Chinese New Year celebrations are kicking off. The latter has the largest impact on container manufacturing.
Chinese New Year, 2023 is the year of the rabbit, celebrations begin January 21, 2023 to January 27, 2023; with the actual N ...
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Storage facilities are pretty common and heavily used around the United States and Canada, and one of the fastest ways to set up a storage facility, or expand an existing facility, is by using modified shipping containers.
20' and 40' shipping containers can be quickly converted into both single unit storage containers, and multiple unit storage facilities. Depending on the size of the unit ne ...
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It seems like shipping containers are in the news on a weekly, if not daily, basis recently. If it's not an article about shipping containers falling overboard, it's a story about recycled shipping containers being converted into some type of container house or office space. No matter the reason, any time containers are in the news it raises the visibility of the industry and gives people new idea ...
