China's massive electric container ship recharges via swappable battery containers

China's latest sustainability-focused innovation is an ocean-going container ship powered entirely by batteries with a trick ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. Here’s what happens when they burst open.

LONG BEACH, Wash. — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size ...
WPXI

Nearly 70 cargo containers slide off ship into Port of Long Beach

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Dozens of cargo containers are in the water at the Port of Long Beach after they slid from the ship that was carrying them. The Mississippi cargo ship was attached to the pier ...

Want To Buy A Shipping Container? Here's How Much They Cost

Shipping containers are becoming incredibly popular for everything from makeshift homes to workshops, but the price of buying ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Cargo Ships Keep Getting Bigger, and Infrastructure Is Racing to Keep Up

The container ship Dali hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, causing the entire structure to fall within seconds. Kena Betancur / Getty Images Early Tuesday morning, a cargo ...
The Hill

Ship containers, potentially used by terrorists, may get more screening

The greatest threat to North American security is terrorists smuggling a nuclear weapon through a port in a container, Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay said on Nov. 28. Arguably the most ...

Why shipping containers are stacked off Route 6/10 and what they are

During the recession, shipping containers were sitting in ports, empty The shipping container building is especially energy ...