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2. Shipping container - Wikipedia

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   A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. 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 ...

3. Shipping container architecture - Wikipedia

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   A remote office constructed with a used shipping container. Shipping container architecture is a form of architecture that uses steel intermodal containers (shipping containers) as the main structural element. It is also referred to as cargotecture or arkitainer, portmanteau words formed from "cargo" and "architecture".

4. Intermediate bulk container - Wikipedia

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   A stack of intermediate bulk containers. Intermediate bulk containers (also known as IBC tank, IBC tote, IBC, or pallet tank) are industrial-grade containers engineered for the mass handling, transport, and storage of liquids, semi-solids, pastes, or solids. [ 1] The two main categories of IBC tanks are flexible IBCs and rigid IBCs. [ 2]

5. Malcom McLean - Wikipedia

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   Irena McLean. . ( m. 1993⁠–⁠2001) . Children. 3 (with first wife) Malcom Purcell McLean (November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001) [ 1] was an American businessman who invented the modern intermodal shipping container, which revolutionized transport and international trade in the second half of the twentieth century.

6. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   Intermodal container. A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. Each of its eight corners has an essential corner casting for hoisting, stacking, and securing. Containers stacked on a large ship. An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and ...

7. United States container ports - Wikipedia

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   50 feet (15 m) 228 feet (69 m) Port of Boston. 47 feet (14 m) Unlimited. Port of Portland (Maine) 32 feet (9.8 m) [ 2] Dredging of east coast ports are under way [ 3] because of the New Panama Canal expansion and the expectation of larger container ships .