Shipping containers are so common they often blend into the background, but these humble 20 (or 40)-foot metal boxes are a recent invention, and we can thank (or curse) them for creating the modern ...
Among the chips, tins of milk, bananas and plastic washing up on the south coast of England is wreckage from shipping ...
LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, ...
For centuries, control of the world’s biggest shipping centers helped expand empires, spark and settle wars, ease poverty and build middle classes while giving international companies access to cheap ...
Shipping containers falling into UK waters is "no surprise" according to an expert in oceanography and maritime conditions. Dr Simon Boxall, from the University of Southampton, made the comments after ...
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Why shipping containers have become a serious military threat

What looks like an ordinary shipping container can now hide cruise missiles, drone swarms, and even air defense systems. With millions of containers moving around the world every day, this explains ...
Inflation looks to be easing across the developed world, except for one glaring pocket of hot prices: cargo costs on the high seas. Spot rates for full-size shipping containers to the U.S. and Europe ...
The debris is believed to be linked to containers that fell from cargo vessels during recent storms and rough weather ...
Inflation looks to be easing across the developed world, except for one glaring pocket of hot prices: cargo costs on the high seas. Spot rates for full-size shipping containers to the US and Europe ...