Are shipping container homes actually good for the environment? The reality is more complex than it appears on the surface.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A company in West Michigan is creating homes, swimming pools and everything in between, all from old used shipping containers that they source from across the Midwest. Newco ...

In the 1950s, trucking magnate Malcom McLean changed the world when he got frustrated enough with the speed of trucking and traffic to start a commercial shipping company in order to move goods up and ...

The cost of housing in the city is making many people think small, to embrace the micro movement that loves to reuse and recycle. Enter the idea of a shipping container as a building — a natural in a ...

Canadian company Modpools has converted standard, metal cargo containers into pools and jacuzzis that can be installed above or below ground. Modpools was founded by husband-and-wife team Paul and ...

Costco is known for selling food in bulk. These items come in packages of all kinds that can easily be repurposed throughout ...

Steel shipping containers are used to crate cargo up and down the Mississippi River and around the world. The Port of New Orleans is filled with the massive steel boxes. This weekend, the New Orleans ...