Shipping Container Housing Guide

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we're not engineers or architects, but we have backgrounds in construction and real estate investment, and a passion for efficient, storm resistant housing that can be produced economically. Here in Florida, where we reside, shipping container homes represent ideal solutions to many housing problems, especially with our weather concerns. As they can be designed and assembled to be hurricane-resistant, they could be a great alternative to mobile home parks, which are not very resistant to severe weather.

We plan to update periodically the information with articles written by real specialists and with our own thoughts and opinions. We want this to be your primary source of information regarding cargo container homes.

The shipping container industry produces a lot of these containers each and every year. We're talking mainly about ISO containers. They are used to transport goods all over the world. It's estimated that 90 percent of the world's trade today moves in containers. One hundred million container loads crisscross the world's oceans each year in over 5,000 container ships. There is a very good chance that many of the products you purchase arrive in your country in a shipping container. When Malcolm McLean invented them in the 1950's, they represented a real revolution in the transportation industry.

But cargo containers create problems too. After they are used a few times they become used shipping containers and they start piling up near ports. Used shipping containers take up a lot of space and represent a potential source of pollution. The resources used to make shipping containers are significant and largely wasted if the container is only used a few times, or even a few dozen times.

Then some people thought "why not use these containers for something else?". Why not build a container house, a shelter, even a whole neighborhood? In recent years the shipping container is becoming more versatile in construction. They are being used for commercial structures, even in-ground swimming pools!

Right now, interest in container homes is growing because shipping container housing represents a real solution to social and ecological problems.