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2. 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 ...

3. Shipping container - Wikipedia

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   Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with " intermodal freight container " (sometimes informally called a "sea can"), a container designed to be moved ...

4. 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]

5. List of largest container shipping companies - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of February 2024, according to Alphaliner, ranked in order of the twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) capacity of their fleet. [1] In January 2022, MSC overtook Maersk for the container line with the largest shipping capacity for the first time since 1996. [2]

6. Container ship - Wikipedia

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   The buttress system, used on some large container ships, uses a system of large towers attached to the ship at both ends of each cargo hold. [51] As the ship is loaded, a rigid, removable stacking frame is added, structurally securing each tier of containers together.

7. More People Are Considering Shipping Container Homes ... - AOL

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   A shipping container home is a residence that uses a gently used or one-time-use shipping container as the exterior shell of a home. Instead of building a structure with lumber, siding and roofing ...