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  2. Shipping container - Wikipedia

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    Corrugated boxes are commonly used as shipping containers [6] (more than 90% of all shipping containers are of this type). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] They are made of corrugated fiberboard which is lightweight, recyclable, and strong enough to ship a variety of products.

  3. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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    An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply "container") is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo. [1]

  4. Container - Wikipedia

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    Simple containers made from gourds being sold for use as calabash in Kenya. Display of a woven basket from the Maya peoples of Mexico. A corrugated fiberboard box. A spine car with a 6 metres (20 ft) tank container and an open-top intermodal shipping container with canvas cover.

  5. Containerization - Wikipedia

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    A converted container used as an office at a building site. Shipping container architecture is the use of containers as the basis for housing and other functional buildings for people, either as temporary or a permanent housing, and either as a main building or as a cabin or as a workshop. Containers can also be used as sheds or storage areas ...

  6. Crate - Wikipedia

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    A crate is a large shipping container, often made of wood, typically used to transport or store large, heavy items. Steel and aluminium crates are also used. Specialized crates were designed for specific products, and were often made to be reusable, such as the "bottle crates" [1] for milk [2] and soft drinks.

  7. Box - Wikipedia

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    Crates are heavy duty shipping containers. Originally made of wood, crates are distinct from wooden boxes, also used as heavy-duty shipping containers, as a wooden container must have all six of its sides put in place to result in the rated strength of the container. The strength of a wooden box, on the other hand, is rated based on the weight ...

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