What we now recognise to be shipping containers didn’t exist before 1956. In fact, before the standardisation of the modern shipping container, a myriad of crates, pallets, boxes and barrels of varying shapes and sizes were used for shipping goods across the world. This was a costly and highly inefficient approach. During the 1950s this…
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One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. We’ve all heard the proverb, the meaning being of course that something which is considered to be worthless by one person may be considered valuable by another. This is certainly true in the case of unused shipping containers and over the last few years the number of people…
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When it comes to our living spaces and lifestyle choices there are two distinct trends which have gained considerable traction over the past few years. The first is a shift from the traditional bricks and mortar idea of living – with alternatives such as vans and shipping container homes rapidly increasing in popularity. The second…
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Once a very niche market, shipping container homes are becoming more and more common, increasingly innovative, and wildly more adventurous in their design. And it’s little wonder why – they’re often relatively inexpensive, highly versatile and potentially environmentally friendly building blocks that can be picked up and moved with relative ease. We’ve scoured the globe,…
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Affordable, adaptable and with an average lifespan of 25 years shipping containers can be purchased either as new or used units and are available in a wide range of sizes making them unique and innovative premises from which to run a business. We’ve compiled some of our favourite shipping container business ideas including examples of…
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Conservative estimates suggest that there are 17 million intermodal shipping containers currently in circulation, around 5 million of which are actively traversing the globe as air, ocean or land freight (source), carrying roughly 90% of all traded goods (source). Other estimates suggest that there may be as many as 530 million shipping containers located around…
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