Everything you didn't know about shipping containers

[geetrue]

Did you know where all of those shipping containers come from?


In 2001, China produced more than one million twenty feet equivalent units (TEUs) or 80 percent of the world's containers.


http://shipping-container-housing.com/images/container-manufacturer.jpg


http://www.shipping-container-housing.com/index.html

A 40' shipping container can run between $1,500-$2,000
I've seen 20' footers for as low as $600 ...

http://www.pricewisecontainers.com/

Whole shipping container cities could spring up over night if the right laws were passed.

Here's a plan for thousands of shipping containers to be purchased from China and shipped to England to form a shipping container high rise for only 45 pounds a week, plus 7 pounds more a month for maintence which includes heat, laundry, free internet access and security.

http://society.guardian.co.uk/societyguardian/story/0,7843,1122078,00.html


I'm thinking about a shipping container cabin in the middle of no where,
but even in the middle of no where has zoning laws.

[The Avon Lady]

I recall this book being reviewed in BusinessWeek last year:

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc Levinson (http://www.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy/dp/0691123241/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-5308451-6120106?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180379431&sr=1-2)

[bradclark1]

Yeah, virtually every container you see in the US has China stenciled somewhere on it.

[XabbaRus]

I must say that I am proud to work for a company that can make these containers though we make something more luxurious

http://www.fergusonmodular.com

We make our standard modules but also one offs. I am starting to do more design work on them.

[ASWnut101]

Do Maersk Sealand's come from there, too?

[tycho102]

Over in "tornado alley" in the US, there are companies that are selling half-containers as tornado shelters. They take a container, cut it in half, weld a door on the open side and put in a vent, then bury that sucker in your yard. Sometimes moored in concrete to give it a bit of weight and added protection. Mostly leak proof if you keep the inside either painted or coated.

I've been thinking about getting one for several years. The funny thing is it can be used as a dipole antenna with just a bit of work, bringing in really outstanding radio (possibly television) reception during said storms.

[August]

I have a 20 footer shipping container at my place in Maine. For the cost ($2100 delivered) it's far above a comparable wood or steel shed, and I can move it if i have to...