Empty containers, idled dockworkers and laid-up vessels have become a hallmark of ports from Singapore to Rotterdam that six months ago were straining to meet the flow of electronics, toys, cars and equipment. For Busan, surrounded by the world’s five biggest shipyards, the outlook is even bleaker after the glut of vessels caused a record decline in global orders for new ships in January.
GASMON wrote:I once worked from an office in a container, while new offices were built. Bloody freezing in winter & unbearably hot in summer.
alokin wrote:Trying to convert a container in a house goes around every other time. It's nonsense, at least as permanent solution. If you stack straw bales around, first I don't know what happens to the container being surrounded by soggy straw bales, I assume it'll rust. Second straw bales only insulate in a dry state. They keep only dry if you cover and render them. If you do all this, why the container? The overall costs of a building are 40% for the construction and the rest for bathroom, tiles, floors doors etc.
And it really makes no sense living in a container while mansions are empty.
Pops wrote:I saw a story a few months ago about paper going to China to be recycled was stacking up in San Diego because the Chinese didn't need to make boxes to ship stuff back here.
wisconsin_cur wrote:I have a friend who works for a company that uses waste paper here in the states. His branch makes the really cheap toliet paper you find in gas stations.
Expenses are way down because of the decreased competition from China and sales are way up as people buy the cheaper TP.
Shannymara wrote:alokin wrote:If there are a bunch of them sitting around empty, then perhaps we will soon see more people using them for shelter.
eastbay wrote:In fact, I thought all of them were rusty. Isn't oxidation a bit of a concern with container housing?
basil_hayden wrote:Sticking containers underground and painting some asphaltic coating on it takes care of corrosion, heat, cold, and general ugliness of these units.
GASMON wrote:Some containers are made out of Cor-ten steel. A special steel that doesnot need to be painted. The rust on the surface actually protects the steel from deeper corrosion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel
Bloody ugly to live in though.
Gasmon
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