If you’re looking for a unique way to create a one of a kind swimming pool on your property, have you considered a modified shipping container? At around 2.4m in height and width, and anywhere from 6-12m in length, a converted shipping container can be an easy solution for a portable, plug and play swimming pool. While…
Time and time again we say that shipping containers make an ideal building block for constructing new homes and offices. While this is true, there are always pitfalls and shortcomings of any building method or construction material. All too often people jump into shipping container projects without doing the proper research beforehand, and can run…
Second hand shipping containers have a wide variety of uses that don’t always involve storage, transportation and housing. The portable nature of shipping containers, their durability and the fact that they are low cost make them perfect as a space for street art. Many well-known graffiti and contemporary artists around the world have discovered the…
Shipping containers are an ideal way to build a new spare room for your house quickly, cheaply and effectively. You can either modify one yourself if you are into DIY or take a pre-built container “cabin” and repurpose it to your hearts content. By taking a 20 or 40 foot container, adding access doors, windows,…
New and used shipping containers are ideal solutions for temporary or long term storage, mobile offices, temporary buildings or even the basic building blocks for container homes. But with so many options, grades and shipping container modifications available, it’s incredibly easy to get confused and not know where to start. Gateway Container Sales & Hire…
Purchasing shipping containers can be a major and confusing purchase for a small business owner. To ensure you make the right choice of shipping container for your budget, simply follow these simple steps to ensure you get the right shipping container for the right job, at the right price. 1) What is your budget? Do…
Converted shipping containers are taking the housing market by storm. Using their design ingenuity, architects are turning used shipping containers into efficient, flexible and affordable green buildings. These buildings range from houses and small home offices, to vacation homes and spare rooms. In the past used steel shipping containers were normally abandoned at shipyards, sometimes sitting…
Yes, we’re selling used shipping containers for the purpose of shipping and moving cargo. But that doesn’t mean that is where the containers’ purpose ends. Despite what you may think, shipping containers have many uses apart from shipping and moving. As our world becomes increasingly cluttered, the need for a used shipping container is the…
Modern, green architecture has evolved into using alternative methods and structures rarely thought of as suitable living quarters before. Many people are now looking at shipping container conversions as a way of building modern, eco-friendly homes. Twenty or forty feet long, eight feet wide, and about eight feet high in general, shipping container conversions can…
On a global level second hand shipping containers are being put to use in innovative and inspiring ways. Globally it is estimated that there are around 700,000 used shipping containers that are unused and waiting for a new home or purpose. In recent years builders, architects and innovators have begun to put used shipping containers to use…