Practical, plainspoken articles on buying, delivering, and using shipping containers — written by the people who actually deliver them. No marketing fluff.
An exposed padlock shackle can be cut in seconds, and Northeast freezes can lock you out of your own unit. Here is how a lock box, a door…
Drewry’s index fell 3 percent on October 29 and NRF sees November imports down 11 percent from October. Here is what that means for used and one-trip container…
Lunar New Year falls on February 6, 2027, 11 days earlier than in 2026. Here is how the early date moves one-trip container deadlines, why used Northeast depot…
USTR proposed on October 23 to keep its Section 301 port fee on China-linked ships suspended through January 9, 2027. Here is which container orders a restart could…
The NRF expects $1.013 trillion in holiday sales, and most warehouse space is already committed. Here is what a delivered used 20-foot container costs, which permit and ground…
A foot of wet snow can put more than 3,000 pounds on a 20-foot container roof. Here is what snow weighs, what a container roof is tested to…
The Port of New York and New Jersey took in 29 percent more empty containers through August while sending roughly the same number back. Here is what that…
Average first frost has already reached Albany and Hartford and arrives in Boston and Providence by October 28. Here is how frost depth is set for your address,…
Xeneta puts East Coast container freight at $11,523 per 40-foot box and calls it the post-Hormuz peak. Here is where the forecast lands by winter, how long a…
A single-wide job-site trailer now rents for $250 to $700 a month before delivery fees, and more Northeast contractors are converting shipping containers into offices instead. Here is…
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