Hazel November 17, 2016 While you can use shipping containers for storage or to construct models, their primary use was to transport cargo along ocean liners. Shipping Containers are constructed out of sturdy steel and come in 10 foot, 20 foot, and 40 foot long varieties. Most are eight feet...
Julian October 18, 2016 “The power of the container lies in its standardisation: every container worldwide has the same properties, allowing it to be lifted by its corners everywhere,” says Bart Kuipers, Seaports and Logistics Adviser at Erasmus University. He calls the container ‘the...
Hazel October 7, 2016 You may have read some stories or heard the old wives tales that you should never use a shipping container as it’s full of condensation. Let me tell you straight, it’s not true! Yes it can occur from time to time but most shipping containers travel around the world...
Julian September 5, 2016 The first shipping containers destined to be transformed into CARGO – a new retail concept for Bristol – landed at Wapping Wharf a few weeks ago. CARGO, the city’s first retail yard made of converted shipping containers, will be part of Wapping Wharf,...
Hazel August 1, 2016 How big is a 40ft container? Well the obvious answer is 40ft x 8ft x 8ft, but that’s quite hard to picture. To help demonstrate just how big it is, we’ve made this video. If you would like to hire a 40ft container or if you would like to buy a 40ft...
Tim May 5, 2016 It is universally recognised as one of the greatest inventions of the modern world, one that completely changed the way in which business has been done since the 20th century and really and truly made the world a smaller place and the one true architect of...
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