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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
New study looks at effects of shipping containers lost at sea
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New study looks at effects of shipping containers lost at sea

Via Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute You would have thought a disaster like this would have made the national news. But no one was hurt, and there is

March 9, 2011
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

China’s Containers

This map from worldmapper.org uses relative size to show proportion of all shipping containers being loaded and unloaded in each country. There are more

June 20, 2010
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Offbeat

Shipping Container Dormitory

Keetwonen, 1000 shipping containers from China modified into student housing in Amsterdam, is the largest shipping container housing development in the

May 2, 2009
Total Views: 476

Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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Incident Photo of The Week – CMA CGM Dahlia

Crushed containers hang off the the vessel More hang off the stern including one self-unloading box While crossing the Pacific in late February 2008, M/V CMA

September 16, 2008
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Interesting

Interesting Experiment From BBC – “The Box”

Yesterday, BBC News kicked off an exciting and unique experiment in hopes to tell the story of international trade and globalisation.  In the year long

September 9, 2008
Total Views: 59

Thursday, April 10, 2008
Interesting

A Shipping Container Shortage?

Only in the eclectic world of the maritime blogosphere could the best provider of interesting content find its roots in a parking problem. Such is the case

April 10, 2008
Total Views: 165

Saturday, January 26, 2008
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Incident Photo Of The Week – M/V Jeppesen Maersk

CargoLaw.com brings us the 2006 incident photos of the M/V Jeppesen

January 26, 2008
Total Views: 42

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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The Shipping Container Hotel

Treehugger tells us of the largest temporary hotel built to date using shipping containers. They write: We previously showed the Travelpod, an experimental

January 23, 2008
Total Views: 178

Thursday, December 6, 2007
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Bridge Damage on the Matson Kauai

A harrowing weather story from the Pacific Northwest. Washington State Department of Ecology’s Website tells us; The Kauai, a 720-foot container ship

December 6, 2007
Total Views: 88

Sunday, November 18, 2007
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Incident Photo of the Week – Container Fatality

WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO This week’s incident photo is not for the faint of heart. Bob Couttie’Maritime Accident Casebook gives the details: The

November 18, 2007
Total Views: 44

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Interesting

Emergency Housing – Repurposed Containers

Wired has an interesting article on portable emergency housing. Some of the ideas make use of shipping containers. The tell us; One of the biggest obstacles to

October 23, 2007
Total Views: 42

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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Shipping Container – A Flickr Slideshow

Photo By threshold CLICK HERE for a slideshow of the most interesting Shipping Container photos on the

October 16, 2007
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