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2. Shipping container - Wikipedia

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   Freight containers are a reusable transport and storage unit for moving products and raw materials between locations or countries. There are about seventeen million intermodal containers in the world, and a large proportion of the world's long-distance freight generated by international trade is transported in shipping containers. In addition ...

3. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. ... dramatically reducing the cost of transporting goods and hence of long-distance ... [97] yet costs of moving it by ...

4. Freight rate - Wikipedia

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   For example, bulk coal long-distance rates in America are approximately 1 cent/ton-mile. [2] So a 100 car train, each carrying 100 tons, over a distance of 1000 miles, would cost $100,000. On the other hand, Intermodal container shipping rates depend heavily on the route taken over the weight of the cargo, just as long as the container weight ...

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

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   Cost To Build a Container Home. It's worth noting that the average cost of one shipping container at a size of 8' by 40' starts at about $3,000 for a gently used container and closer to $6,000 for ...

6. Intermodal freight transport - Wikipedia

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   Containers, also known as intermodal containers or ISO containers because the dimensions have been defined by ISO, are the main type of equipment used in intermodal transport, particularly when one of the modes of transportation is by ship. Containers are 8-foot (2.4 m) wide by 8-foot (2.4 m) or 9-foot-6-inch (2.90 m) high.

7. Freight transport - Wikipedia

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   Global freight volumes according to mode of transport in trillions of tonne-kilometres in 2010. In 2015, 108 trillion tonne-kilometers were transported worldwide (anticipated to grow by 3.4% per year until 2050 (128 Trillion in 2020)): 70% by sea, 18% by road, 9% by rail, 2% by inland waterways and less than 0.25% by air.