But hoping to have a fixed retail space, he finally found a way to make it happen last year: setting up shop inside a large, refurbished steel shipping container. For $1,400 a month including ...

ShelterKraft Werks in Seattle has the pick of the litter with unused shipping containers that come into port. The containers, which are made of sturdy Corteen steel, are costly to melt down and ...

This type of housing can be ideal for temporary or urgent living situations, like getting roofs over unhoused people, offices, or for pop-up shops and the like. Shipping containers may also be ...

A record-breaking number of shipping containers ... the colorful steel containers are scooped up by specialty construction companies to enter "retirement" as pools, coffee shops, apartment ...

Get ready for small-box stores. About 20 million shipping containers pass through U.S. ports each year—and some of them are finding new life as homes for small businesses.