Article Date: 05/09/2008

SHIPPED TO ORDER: SHIPPING CONTAINERS GET NEW PURPOSE IN LIFE

By Kellen McAffee

Sometimes thinking outside the box can show that seemingly unconnected problems have common solutions.

Consider this: More than 18 million shipping containers circulate the globe carrying everything from pottery to Porsches. Roughly 700,000 retired shipping containers sit in United States ports and train yards with no apparent purpose beyond ... Log in to view the full text.

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