The last several years have seen shortages in the availability of shipping containers in the United States. The majority of these shipping containers come from China, and so we look to China to understand the reasons for the shipping container shortages. Some industry professionals pose questions asking if part of the reason is that American […]
Most of the goods that we use in our everyday lives – like the very smartphone you are using to read this article – were manufactured in another country, loaded into a Conex shipping container, and shipped across the ocean on a massive container ship and unloaded at a shipping container port near your city. […]
Global Shipping Container Shortage At the time of this blog post, there is a shortage of shipping containers worldwide, which has contributed to prices rising and availability falling. Measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 all over the world have caused massive disruptions in normal international trade, creating delays and causing to freight (largely comprised […]
America’s Top 10 Uses for Shipping Containers If you buy a shipping container, what interesting uses can you find for it? Designed to be stacked on cargo ships, shipping containers are built to be weatherproof and last for years of transoceanic trips. The most common sizes of intermodal containers are 20 foot and 40 foot […]
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