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It is completely standard in the shipping industry to have lopsided routes, where one direction has 100% full containers, and the return direction a much lower
by algorias 5y ago
It is completely standard in the shipping industry to have lopsided routes, where one direction has 100% full containers, and the return direction a much lower percentage, like 50%. The shipping cost of different routes takes this into account.
- Jolter 5y agoAnd hence the extreme explosion in shipping prices, I assume. Anyone buying freight from China to LA now has to also pay for returning the empty. What I’ve been told is the price for shipping one container has increased 10-fold because of this.
- baybal2 5y agoYes, it's cheaper to dump the container, and buy new one in China. Sounds absurd, but that's how it is.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoHmm. If anybody is sitting on an idea that needs used shipping containers, now might be the time to pick some up.
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- 908087 5y agoMight be a good time to build a shipping container home.
- test6554 5y agoThis would make a great "have a heart" trap for large animals.
- crooked-v 5y agoShipping containers are very useful for shipping and not very useful for much else.
- Jolter 5y agoI’ve seen businesses use them for stationary storage. I’ve assumed they use discarded containers that can no longer take the stress of freight. But yeah in general you’re right.
- fy20 5y agoI looked into using them for construction as I am building a office / workshop, roughly the size of two 20ft shipping containers. As much as it may be glamourised on social media, it has a lot of limitations. In my case it's actually cheaper and much more flexible to build it as you would a traditional building. I live 300 miles from the nearest port, so that doesn't help. I also looked into the container sized temporary buildings used on construction site, and they are made from scratch (not from old shipping containers).
- fragmede 5y agoWhat are the challenges in crossing the Pacific Ocean by boat? How much hardware would be involved with making individual containers seaworthy? Disposable cargo ships, anyone?