The clothing company Aether's retail store in San Francisco, part of the city's Proxy development, is made out of three shipping containers. (James Florio) Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of ...

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Shipping containers aren't much more than steel boxes. But they have become increasingly valuable during the worldwide supply chain crisis. At any time, there are some 30 million shipping containers ...

Developer Abdul Arif plans to build shipping container housing in the SoCe neighborhood in Wichita, and neighbors are not ...

Large container shipping lines displayed moderate TEU volume growth during the first quarter. Despite volume growth, steep freight rate declines as high as nearly 30 percent have weighed on revenue ...

Ah, the unassuming shipping container. It's really nothing more than a big steel box with a couple of doors. At any given time, millions of containers are piled on ships plying the world's waterways.

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...