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Top 10 Innovative Ways to Use Modular Shipping Container | LOTUS Containers

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Though shipping containers are extensively being used by the shipping companies for the storage & transportation of goods from one location to another, their uses have incredibly increased in the construction field as well. After journeying the seven seas for years, they are finding second lives as an affordable green building material. It may sound a bit eye-raising but the fact has intrigued big chunks of people around the world. The modular shipping containers that were primarily used only for storage and shipment are now tremendously being hired for building shipping container homes, saunas, classrooms, hostels, bridges, swimming pools, mobile modular office trailers, stores, and innumerable things. You may wonder how! But their use as building materials has grown in popularity over the past few years because of their stiffness, durability, affordability, and wide availability. The other reason for supporting its use as a building material is its environmental friendliness. Th...

Top 5 Factors Affecting Containers Shipping Rates | LOTUS Containers

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Scrutinizing down the history, one can find the shipping industry has traveled all the way long. For centuries it has confronted various ups and downs, yet contributes 90% of the total world trade. There is no dubiety in saying that the freight industry is key to sustaining the modern economy. It means a country’s overall economic position depends hugely on its freight. And even a slight change in the market can lead to great agitation amongst the countries. Millions of manufacturers and producers around the world hold credibility in making this industry vast enough to practice trade with much ease and affordability.  One of the chief concerns of a shipping container company is fluctuating container shipping rates/freight charges from time to time. The fluctuation disrupts the whole economy including shippers, manufacturers, shipping container suppliers, and even common people. Fluctuating container shipping rates have been one of the main concerns of the logistic trade secto...