Did you know that the average electric drill is only ever used a total of 13 minutes from the time it is bought for its entire useful life? DIY retailer Bunnings sells a cordless one for AU$299 – or AU$23 a minute of use. Let’s face it, we all have too much stuff lying around…
Surfing the internet you will find a bit of a rebellion taking place among certain factions of architects. Since around 2011 a growing number of them have been questioning the benefits of shipping container architecture. While they have some strong arguments we at Gateway Container Sales aren’t in full agreement. Let’s look at their reasons…
Over the last few years we at Gateway Container Sales have written a lot about various types of shipping container homes. They are renowned for being cheap and easy to build, with much of the work done off site before the containers are effectively dropped into position and fitted together. Where low cost high density…
On the 17 June 2013, the five year old container ship MOL Comfort started to break up off Mumbai, India. It was gradual, with steel plates buckling and letting water into the hold, before the cracks in the hull eventually lead to it snapping in half after the ship caught fire. Luckily the crew were able…
In this high speed, hyperconnected world in which we move there are, ironically, ever fewer opportunities to make random connections and to have abstract conversations with strangers. Where once a bus or a train journey was an opportunity to meet complete strangers and talk about our worlds, almost everyone dives into their smartphone or tablet…
Sometimes an area of astounding natural beauty with minimal human settlement demands exquisite architecture to both compliment and enhance the natural environment. The Devil’s Corner Cellar Door for the Brown Brothers winery in Apslawn, Tasmania does just this. The one-storey main building is composed of a series of repurposed shipping containers with a lookout tower connected to…
Shipping containers can be used for a wide variety of things from outbuildings, to student homes and beyond but how do they measure up in a fire? This week we will look at two uses for shipping containers in terms of fire protection – if they can be used as places of safety in a fire and as a fire…
Most people would agree that there is a lot of manure written on the internet, and for a change at Gateway Container Sales we will write some – right here in this blog. No, we aren’t going to jabber on about the Rothschild building a shipping container Martian moon base to escape to after they…
They say that you see a swan gliding gracefully over the water but don’t see its legs kicking frantically beneath. It’s the same when you watch the pros of the elite yachting world. You only see the sailors and yachts waging battle on the water, but you do not see the massive shore operation that…
A company has developed a remote control, fold out shipping container workspace or home. This tackles many of the issues and limitations surrounding single unit shipping containers. Looking at a shipping container home, even with a 40ft (2 TEU) container the dimensions are fairly limiting. They are narrow yet long and even with the broad imagination…