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The Box
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Author : Marc Levinson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-05
The Box written by Marc Levinson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Business & Economics categories.
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, both from private investors and from ports that aspired to be on the leading edge of a new technology. It required years of high-stakes bargaining with two of the titans of organized labor, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason, as well as delicate negotiations on standards that made it possible for almost any container to travel on any truck or train or ship. Ultimately, it took McLean's success in supplying U.S. forces in Vietnam to persuade the world of the container's potential. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheap that industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world's workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe. Published in hardcover on the fiftieth anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. Now with a new chapter, The Box tells the dramatic story of how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur turned containerization from an impractical idea into a phenomenon that transformed economic geography, slashed transportation costs, and made the boom in global trade possible.
Shipping Container
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Author : Craig Martin
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2016-01-28
Shipping Container written by Craig Martin and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The shipping container is all around: whizzing by on the highway, trundling past on rails, unloading behind a big box store even as you shop there, clanking on the docks just out of sight.... 90% of the goods and materials that move around the globe do so in shipping containers. It is an absolutely ubiquitous object, even if most of us have no direct contact with it. But what is this thing? Where has it been, and where is it going? Craig Martin's book illuminates the “development of containerization”-including design history, standardization, aesthetics, and a surprising speculative discussion of the futurity of shipping containers. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
The Container Principle
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Author : Alexander Klose
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2015-02-27
The Container Principle written by Alexander Klose and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
A cultural history of the shipping container as a crucible of globalization and a cultural paradigm. We live in a world organized around the container. Standardized twenty- and forty-foot shipping containers carry material goods across oceans and over land; provide shelter, office space, and storage capacity; inspire films, novels, metaphors, and paradigms. Today, TEU (Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit, the official measurement for shipping containers) has become something like a global currency. A container ship, sailing under the flag of one country but owned by a corporation headquartered in another, carrying auto parts from Japan, frozen fish from Vietnam, and rubber ducks from China, offers a vivid representation of the increasing, world-is-flat globalization of the international economy. In The Container Principle, Alexander Klose investigates the principle of the container and its effect on the way we live and think. Klose explores a series of “container situations” in their historical, political, and cultural contexts. He examines the container as a time capsule, sometimes breaking loose and washing up onshore to display an inventory of artifacts of our culture. He explains the “Matryoshka principle,” explores the history of land-water transport, and charts the three phases of container history. He examines the rise of logistics, the containerization of computing in the form of modularization and standardization, the architecture of container-like housing (citing both Le Corbusier and Malvina Reynolds's “Little Boxes”), and a range of artistic projects inspired by containers. Containerization, spreading from physical storage to organizational metaphors, Klose argues, signals a change in the fundamental order of thinking and things. It has become a principle.
The Box
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Author : Marc Levinson
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2008-01-27
The Box written by Marc Levinson and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-27 with Business & Economics categories.
In April 1956, a refitted oil tanker carried fifty-eight shipping containers from Newark to Houston. From that modest beginning, container shipping developed into a huge industry that made the boom in global trade possible. The Box tells the dramatic story of the container's creation, the decade of struggle before it was widely adopted, and the sweeping economic consequences of the sharp fall in transportation costs that containerization brought about. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the first container voyage, this is the first comprehensive history of the shipping container. It recounts how the drive and imagination of an iconoclastic entrepreneur, Malcom McLean, turned containerization from an impractical idea into a massive industry that slashed the cost of transporting goods around the world and made the boom in global trade possible. But the container didn't just happen. Its adoption required huge sums of money, both from private investors and from ports that aspired to be on the leading edge of a new technology. It required years of high-stakes bargaining with two of the titans of organized labor, Harry Bridges and Teddy Gleason, as well as delicate negotiations on standards that made it possible for almost any container to travel on any truck or train or ship. Ultimately, it took McLean's success in supplying U.S. forces in Vietnam to persuade the world of the container's potential. Drawing on previously neglected sources, economist Marc Levinson shows how the container transformed economic geography, devastating traditional ports such as New York and London and fueling the growth of previously obscure ones, such as Oakland. By making shipping so cheap that industry could locate factories far from its customers, the container paved the way for Asia to become the world's workshop and brought consumers a previously unimaginable variety of low-cost products from around the globe.
Shipping Container Homes Beginner S Guide On How To Build A Shipping Container Home
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Author : Kevin Knight
language : en
Publisher: Usama Ahmed
Release Date : 2017-03-14
Shipping Container Homes Beginner S Guide On How To Build A Shipping Container Home written by Kevin Knight and has been published by Usama Ahmed this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-14 with House & Home categories.
Thinking of building the perfect shipping container home? Kevin Knight has crafted the ultimate shipping container home guide on the market. It provides an assortment of tips and tricks for building the ideal shipping container home. This is a world-class shipping container home book and will assist readers every step of the way!
Shipping Container Homes
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Author : Ella Arcoraci
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-26
Shipping Container Homes written by Ella Arcoraci and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-26 with categories.
Container homes are exactly what they sound like; homes made from the steel shipping containers that you see carrying goods everywhere on trains, trucks, and ships. From these giant Lego blocks, people are building homes of all shapes and sizes. The purpose of this guide is to provide a detailed walk-through of each step of the process of shipping container selection, transport, foundation, utilities, modification, and finishing. In each chapter, one aspect of construction is explored in depth, beginning with the planning process and extending through to the completed home. Included in each chapter are pictures of each stage of construction, providing real-life examples to help put the theory into tangible terms.
Shipping Container Homes
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Author : Richard Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Shipping Container Homes written by Richard Nelson and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with categories.
Shipping Container Homes Includes: Shipping Container Homes Floor Plans Shipping containers were once only a familiar site down at the docks or as make-shift storage containers on buildings sites. Today though, thanks to their affordability and strength, they are becoming an increasingly popular tool for building a home out of. The shipping container home has a lot going for it with their huge scope for customization, the small amount of space they take up, how much work can be done off-site, and just how quickly they can be put up and lived in. With the right planning a shipping container home can be up with a smoking chimney in just a few weeks. The question then, is why doesn't everyone build out of shipping containers? While offering many unique opportunities the shipping container homes also come with their own unique set off obstacles. The most difficult one is getting the correct zoning permission to even build the thing. After that you'll need to make sure that your account for the walls which can go wobbly or lose their strength if you cut them up in the wrong place. You then need to make sure that the famously weatherproof shipping containers can stand the heat or cold where you intend to build them. Which is where this book comes in; to give you concise and easy to follow guidance in getting you ready to build your own shipping container home. The pros and cons of shipping containers home will be discussed so that you are sure this is the choice of building for you. You'll be told how to get the best shipping containers for a good price, the philosophy behind choosing to living in a container, and how to approach building a shipping container. Then we'll get into the nitty-gritty of getting your shipping container home off the page and into reality. You'll learn the process behind getting a container ready and be given advice on all the main elements of the project. Discover the best kinds of foundation to use for a shipping container home, the most effective insulation to stop your container becoming a sweatbox or a freezer, which type of roof can be custom made to keep the heat our or in. Find out how to safely make changes to the wall of your home and connect up several shipping containers with ease. Learn how your shipping container home works with local zoning laws and what your best chances of success are. Then get ready to plan as preparation is central to making sure your shipping container home is cheap, safe, and stylish. Consider which plan would work best for you or choose from one of variety pre-made plans to give you the home you want. The shipping container home is small and unique but it's big in ambition and living. Get ready to take charge of your space and create a home that is custom made to all your own needs and wants.
The Shipping Container Homes Book
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Author : Kenelm Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Kenelm Hunt
Release Date : 2021-10-08
The Shipping Container Homes Book written by Kenelm Hunt and has been published by Kenelm Hunt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-08 with House & Home categories.
A Comprehensive Guide To Build An Environmentally Friendly Home With Shipping Containers Container homes are just what they sound like; homes built from container steel that transports goods on ships, trains, and trucks. From this container steel, homes of all shapes and sizes can be built. Shipping containers are used to construct homes, cabins, studios, and offices because with about 14 million ‘out-of-service’ containers worldwide, several of such containers are available for these purposes, not to mention the appeal that comes with experimenting with these giant blocks of containers. Aside from trendiness, building container homes have gained a wider interest amongst many because it saves money to construct. As such, several potential homeowners are seeking for homes with lesser construction and maintenance costs. Besides, the perception exists that container homes contribute to recycling initiatives. Containers come in different sizes, such as 10ft, 20ft, and 40ft, with the smallest shipping container providing a floor space of about 100 square feet for a shipping container home. Now imagine when hundreds of micro-apartments made of containers are constructed into a huge apartment building; the sight of such can be an astonishing grab for the eye. But you really don’t need to rack up several containers before you can have a decent container home to live in. All you need is the right amount of knowledge and guidance to help you get the best out of your shipping container and have a well-put-together container you can call home. Hence, the reason this book was written. In this book, you will; 1. Be familiar with the pros and cons of owning a shipping container home to help you make an informed decision. 2. Have access to different container layout plans to help you get the most out of your container home. 3. Know how to choose the right shipping container for your home using several deciding criteria. 4. Be educated on how to prepare the site and foundation for your container properly. 5. Know what container insulation entails and how it affects your container home. 6. Know the different roofing styles applicable to container homes with directions on how to floor your container home. 7. Be familiar with several design ideas you can implement to give your home an astonishing feel while conserving space. …and so much more! Still having doubt this is your go-to guide to building a shipping container home? Get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW to find out
Shipping Container Homes
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Author : Alex Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06-07
Shipping Container Homes written by Alex Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-07 with categories.
How To Build Shipping Container Homes With Plans
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Author : John Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Mendon Cottage Books
Release Date : 2016-02-14
How To Build Shipping Container Homes With Plans written by John Davidson and has been published by Mendon Cottage Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-14 with House & Home categories.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: ADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: DISADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: CONTAINER SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS: NEW OR USED CONTAINER: PERMITS AND REGULATIONS: CHAPTER TWO FOUNDATION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: SITE CONDITIONS: CLIMATE: MARKET FACTORS: BUILDING DESIGN: EXCAVATION AND FOOTINGS: TYPES OF MATERIALS USED FOR FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION: CHAPTER THREE PLACING THE CONTAINERS: JOINING THE CONTAINERS: WELDING BASICS: ADVANTAGES: DISADVANTAGES: PARTS OF THE WELDER KIT: WELDING SAFETY GEAR: PREPPING & GRINDING THE WELD: COMMON WELDING PROBLEMS: CONTAINER REINFORCEMENT: CHAPTER FOUR ROOFS: TYPES OF ROOFS: 1. SHED: 2. GABLE ROOF: HOW TO CUT SHIPPING CONTAINERS CHAPTER FIVE ADVANCED FRAMING: ROUGH ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING WORK: SOLAR PANELS: PLUMBING: CHAPTER SIX CONTAINER HOME INSULATION: THERMAL BRIDGING: FLOORING: SAFETY LOCKS FOR YOUR CONTAINER HOME: CHAPTER SEVEN: RESOURCE DIRECTORY CHAPTER EIGHT: PLANS PUBLISHER Introduction to Shipping Container Homes: Shipping container homes are houses that are built using shipping containers. The strength, durability, availability, and the cost effectiveness of containers as building material has made these types of homes popular in recent years. When you buy a container, it might appear as hollow boxes with no windows or openings. However, these boxes are highly customizable; they can be stacked and welded together to create beautiful yet economical homes. The next section is about the pros and cons of living in a shipping container home.