shipping containers
Freight transport units
Shipping containers are large standardized metal boxes designed for transporting goods by ship, truck, or rail.
Their uniform dimensions allow them to stack on cargo vessels and transfer between transport modes without unloading contents.
The most common sizes are twenty and forty feet long.
Decommissioned containers find second lives as storage units, construction materials, and unconventional housing: They converted shipping containers into a pop-up restaurant.
Goods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
bulk · crates · boxes · pallets · packages · load · TEU · payload
Using multiple transport types
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- truckingRoad-based freight shipping
haulage · fulfillment · tracking · transit · carriers · dispatch · delivery · drayage
Mooring structure at water's edge
- cranesLifting machines or birds
- wharfShip docking structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- berthSleeping space on transport
stevedore · longshoreman · harbor · terminal · gantry · pier · mooring · tugboat
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- dutyRequired moral task
trade routes · free trade zone · bonded · embargo · sanctions · documentation · clearance · quota
freight
Goods being transported
- goodsThings for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
consignment · bulk · crates · boxes · pallets · packages · load · TEU · payload · lading
intermodal
Using multiple transport types
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
trucking · haulage · fulfillment · tracking · transit · carriers · dispatch · delivery · drayage · transloading
dock
Mooring structure at water's edge
berth · stevedore · longshoreman · harbor · terminal · gantry · pier · mooring · tugboat · customs
import
Obtain from overseas
duty · trade routes · free trade zone · bonded · embargo · sanctions · documentation · clearance · quota · declaration
modular
Made of separable units
- housingDwellings or protective covering
- tiny homeCompact single-unit dwelling
- pop-up shopTemporary retail space
architecture · upcycling · converted · prefab · studio · office · café · shelter · stackable · modification
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- Maritime Industrysteamships, merchant marine, merchant navy, sea charts, port authorities
- maritime tradesea trade, cargo ship, ocean trade, seaports, ports
- packagingbox, bag, bottle, can, jar
- shippingfreight, package, logistics, crates, freighters
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