6 Ways You Can Use An Open Top Shipping Container
Open top shipping containers aren’t just useful for transporting cargo. Here are some of the different ways you can utilise these containers.
All About 20ft Shipping Containers
In this blog we take a closer look at 20ft shipping containers, one of the most popular container sizes for sale or hire here at Gateway.
Shipping Container Based Entertainment in Columbus, Ohio
The city of Columbus in Ohio has seen two shipping container projects pop up into its recreational and entertainment scene.
Shipping Container Mushroom Farm Sprouts in Yarra Valley
We take a look at how one Australian man supplements his income by growing oyster mushrooms in a shipping container and selling at a local market.
Shipping Container Home for Communications Spies
Even the spy agencies of the world can find a use for shipping containers! On display at the London Science Museum in the UK is an example of a forward operating base for the UK’s communications and cyber spies.
Container Studio Where Richard Fearless Makes Magic With Music
Death in Vegas’ Richard Fearless has a habit of leading the way in modern music. In his new shipping container based studio he has recently created his new solo album using his collection of synthesisers. Reminded he is not the only person on the planet late at night by the factories on this still-industrial length…
Sydney Maritime Museum Celebrates Shipping Containers
The humble shipping container has changed the world out of recognition since 1958 when they were invented. A new exhibition in the National Maritime Museum in Sydney celebrates the way they have. The moon and back twice over? So many things we take for granted in our world have travelled tens of thousands of kilometres…
A Virtual Reality Opera in a Shipping Container
The Welsh National Opera in the UK has attempted to reach out to non-opera fans by developing and performing a Virtual Reality (VR) opera performance in a shipping container. While the idea is very good, it was panned in a review from a quite unlikely source… Opera has an image problem In its day, opera…
Shipping Container Missile Systems: A Sneaky, Scary New Concept…
Imagine this: a rogue state has started causing security concerns to Israel or Russia. The rogue state has sophisticated weapon systems and air defence systems that make traditional punishment strikes by the air force difficult. A container ship travels innocuously off the coast of the rogue state, and its top stack of containers open their…
Portable Wind Turbines That Can Fit Inside Shipping Containers
Last week Gateway Gazette showed how China is developing a nuclear power plant that is so small that it can fit in a 40ft shipping container. Whereas this makes some people feel uneasy for a variety of reasons, this week’s shipping container power generation is somewhat better for the environment and regional stability – portable…