Although airline transport and shipping has become a larger portion of the shipping industry, ships themselves are still the gold standard for shipping goods around the world. According to one statistic, 95% of the world’s cargo moves by ship. And these often are larger ships, with more cargo space, as it makes financial sense to transport goods in high volume ships.
Ships, which have been shipping cargo for centuries, have grown longer and wider than in previous years. Some of the world’s largest cargo ships are 1,300 feet long, which is about the size of an Olympic track all the way around. They can have a maximum width of around 180 feet or 55 meters.
While ships have numerous benefits for companies, including ease of shipment, relative safety, and the ability to move large amounts of cargo at once, there are some drawbacks to ships as transport. Approximately 675 shipping containers are lost at sea per year. And unfortunately, most shipping containers aren’t even in use. With over 17 million shipping containers in the world, only 6 million are in use.
This means that 11 million shipping containers could actually be used for another purpose–such as being converted into homes for people. This is because the standard TEU shipping container is fairly larger, holding around 3,500 shoe boxes.
Used shipping containers have that value in being turned into having a purpose that was otherwise unexpected in construction. Whether it’s a steel cargo container, 40 foot shipping containers, climate controlled containers, or others, they can be converted into everything from homes to offices.
The idea of buying used shipping containers for sale and converting them into offices has an appeal for many who believe workplace productivity is being disrupted by constant distractions. Studies of workers by researchers at the University of California at Irvine found the employees switched their focus from one project to another on an average of 10.5 minutes.
In fact, the average individual workstation has shrunk from 80 square feet in 1992 to 39 square feet this year–according to the projects taken on by a major design and workspace construction firm.
It is possible then to buy used shipping containers for sale to use for a different purpose than originally thought of, such as homes or offices. Finding used shipping containers for sale may mean searching out possible sellers. Some obvious locations would be shipping yards or shipping companies.
When doing so, it is helpful to look at the different modifications a shipping container has before purchasing. Some shipping containers have windows for instance, which may make a good fit for a home or office, while others have climate control options, which could be equally important for either setting.
It’s always possible to use a search engine to find the right company, by searching for Used Shipping Containers For Sale NY or Storage Containers for Sale CT for instance.
