Shipping Container Ideas and Articles
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A lot of people ask to buy a new shipping container, and are a little confused when they're offered a "one trip" or "one way" shipping container. After all, isn't a "one way" container used? To help unfold this confusion you need to look at the logistics and manufacturing, the age of the container, and when you can sometimes get close to a one way container.
Logistics and Manufacturing of One Way ...
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The ongoing COVID epidemic continues to impact the available used inventory and production of new shipping containers around the world, and nearly every segment of the industry is feeling the squeeze. From the factories in China, to the retail dealers in the US everyone is seeking creative solutions. At the current time, the biggest issues the storage/shipping container industry is facing at new c ...
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An efficient way to reduce condensation in a shipping container is by adding larger, after market shipping container vents. These vents allow for additional airflow and can be installed quickly and easily using a cutting torch or a strong steel saw, and a drill or welding equipment. Along with our own experiences, over the past few years we’ve collected many tips and ideas from people on t ...
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20' shipping containers are one of the popular shipping containers with shipping lines, leasing companies, and especially retail/secondary market users. However, each user has a different agenda for what they're doing with 20' shipping containers.
20' Shipping Container Dimensions
20' shipping containers all come in one standard size, and the weight can vary due to different materials and specific ...
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Most of the shipping container homes that are seen in the news are high end, custom jobs and are so modified that they barely resemble shipping containers at all. While they are very attractive many are out of the price range of many buyers. However, it is possible to build a shipping container home at an affordable price; it just takes some proper planning and good project management. If you ...
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There is plenty of talk about "affordable housing made from shipping containers", but it's not all affordable. There are a few architects out there blazing the way in very trendy homes that are manufactured with shipping containers as key components. An early builder was "the Beach Box" out in the Hamptons, and the latest to hit the market is a container home in Ferndale, MI, an older suburb of De ...
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40' shipping containers were ones the largest shipping containers in production in the world, and while they are still very popular with everyone in the industry, from shipping lines and storage companies alike, the production of the standard height unit has witnessed a gradual decline over the years.
40' Shipping Container Dimensions
40' shipping containers all come in one standard size, and t ...
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COVID-19 isn’t in the rear view mirror yet, but it seems like much of the United States is loosening up a little as we go into the Memorial Holiday weekend.
New container production is still tightening up, possible due to the issues in China; and tricking into the used container market this is also still causing some lower inventory in the market.
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Go down the highway outside of nearly any major city and chances are you see stacks and stacks of shipping containers. Many people drive by them every day and never notice them, but once you do they're likely to spark a little bit of curiosity – where have they been? What was carried in them? Who owns them? Does the owner even know where they are?
Surplus Shipping Containers
Technically, som ...
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It's been an interesting start to the year for containerized shipping, as well as everyone; and it doesn't appear to be changing any time soon. Due to the uncertainty of the conditions new and used shipping containers are coming under tighter supply. ContainerAuction.com will continue to supply containers to all of our customers, new and old, and provide as much current information on the ind ...
