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A Comprehensive Guide to Container Specifications and Measurements!

Shipping Containers! More than just a Box! (Infographic)

Container specifications and measurements are essential for businesses and organizations looking to safely transport their goods, products, or materials. Understanding container sizes is essential for successful transport, whether you need to ship perishables across the country or store large-scale products locally.

In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn about standard shipping containers and custom-built solutions—everything from identifying typical measurements of standard containers to determining how best to utilize your space to maximize storage potential.

For those managing a tight budget and timeline, this guide will clarify what options are available so that you can find the perfect solution while staying within your goals.

The Pros of Using Shipping Containers for Your Business!

Shipping Containers! More than just a Box! (Infographic)

These days companies are constantly seeking innovative solutions to enhance efficiency, cut costs, and reduce environmental impact. One such solution gaining traction in various industries is the use of shipping containers for business purposes.

Originally designed for transporting goods across the globe, these durable and versatile containers have found new life in a multitude of applications beyond shipping.

In this blog, we will explore the numerous advantages that businesses can gain by integrating Shipping Containers into their operations.

Understanding the Shipping Container Shortage!

The Fireworks Supply Chain!

The latest major disruption that has the entire supply chain world buzzing? The massive global shipping container shortage.

Over the past 15 months, we’ve been writing on the Argentus blog about the immense impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on global supply chains – particularly, as you might expect of a recruitment firm, from the perspective of talent and skills.

From supply disruptions, to rapidly changing consumer behaviour leading to increased difficulty for demand forecasting, to challenges companies face when protecting their front-line supply chain workers, the pandemic has raised a whole host of challenges — making supply chains one of the more disrupted aspects of the economy.

Over a year into the pandemic, supply chain professionals continue to perform heroics as the challenges continue to mount – both from new disruptions, and from knock-on effects from those that have come before.

All Types of Shipping Containers in Use Today!

Shipping Containers! More than just a Box! (Infographic)

In the vast expanse of global trade, shipping containers serve as the unsung heroes, silently ferrying goods across oceans and continents. These ubiquitous metal boxes come in a variety of shapes and sizes, each tailored to specific needs and cargo requirements.

From standard dry containers to specialized refrigerated units, understanding the diverse types of shipping containers is essential for optimizing logistics operations and ensuring the safe transport of goods.

Building Your Dream Space: How Shipping Containers are Revolutionizing Architecture!

Shipping Containers! More than just a Box! (Infographic)

Have you ever considered turning a Shipping Container into your dream home? It turns out that there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to these metal boxes. Once thought of as an ordinary transport tool for various goods, Shipping Containers have now become the newest trend in modern living.

They can be converted into several different structural spaces, including a house, restaurants and even a local clothing shop. Whether recycled or brand spanking new, these Shipping Containers can literally be transformed into anything you desire. The dream space possibilities are endless.

Shipping Containers! More than just a Box! (Infographic)

Last Mile Delivery: Stop Shipping Air and Empty Boxes!

The incredible proliferation of shipping containers is so vast that it is easy for current generations to take the existence of these steel boxes for granted. It’s the same for cell phones; anyone born in this millennium assumes that there have always been cell phones. Yet both were revolutionary in their invention and introduction.

Any Supply Chain professional is always looking for ways to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and increase speed. And it is with that mentality that the common, standardized shipping container was invented. Such a simple concept may seem obvious now but it was truly revolutionary when it was created.