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Millions of shipping containers travel around the globe every year as they are used by most companies that are involved in exports and imports. There are several interesting facts about shipping containers that you might want to know about.
Shipping is an eco-friendly activity. For instance, it requires less energy to ship cargo containers from Shanghai to Le Havre in France than to transport the container from Le Havre in France to Lyon in the same country. Shipping releases very little amount of greenhouse gases compared to planes and trucks. Moreover, ships are enormous. To get an idea of the size of container ship, consider that one ship can accommodate fifteen thousand boxes that could hold a total of 746 million bananas. This represents one banana for each person in Europe.
Every year, about 20 million containers are at sea traveling across the oceans to bring out packages and good to us on time. The distance traveled by a container ship during a year could be equivalent to traveling three-quarters of the way to the moon and back. Shipping containers make for great storage spaces and could last for over 20 years with proper basic maintenance such as regular paint. Standard 20’ shipping containers for sale can hold around 1,150 cubic feet, which represents almost 3600 shoe boxes. Moreover, containers are now a part of our daily life and not just at sea. Intermodal containers are now used to make modular homes, data centers and restaurants.
Port Containers specializes in shipping containers for sale along with the rental of new or used shipping containers for different applications.
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