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Adaptainer awarded growth grant under the New Anglia Small Grant Scheme
Adaptainer has been awarded a development grant by the New Anglia New Grant Scheme. The grant was given to support funding for two areas of development: Expansion of physical size in order to maintain our ability to serve the growing UK market. Enhancement of our...
The Sneaky Trick I Use to Make Shipping Containers Sound More Interesting
You know, it's funny… When I meet someone new socially the inevitable question of "what do you work with?" comes up. After I tell them I work with shipping containers they try to look sort of interested, but you can see they're bored already. And who can blame them?...
What’s The Difference Between Used and “Once Used” Shipping Containers?
If you’ve never bought containers before it's easy to get confused about the terminology between used containers, and once used shipping containers. In this post I’m going to visualise the main obvious difference, but also tell you about a few slightly more...
World’s 11 Largest Shipping Lines Revealed
"How can I arrange overseas shipping of my container?" That's a common question I hear from customers buying a container from us. There will certainly be a freight forwarding agent in your local area who can help with this. Google is going to be your friend...
How to Buy a Shipping Container: 7 Insider Tips You Should Know
I often hear variations of the following questions from people looking to buy a shipping container. Should I worry about condensation? How is the container delivered? Do I need to put anything underneath my container to lift it off the ground? Is there a way to make...
How to buy a street food stall your customers will drool over
The average attention span of a human being is just 8 seconds. But what does this have to do with buying a street food stall? It turns out quite a bit. Let me quickly explain. You’ve got an awesome menu which will make people’s taste buds explode, that’s enough for...
Extraordinary shipping container swimming pools.
Imagine doing laps in your own shipping container swimming pool. Ok let’s back up for a second, swimming in a used cargo container? That sounds crazy… As eccentric as it seems, a cargo container pool can actually be a good idea. And you’re almost guaranteed to be the...
Are shipping container homes in the UK viable?
Student shares his UK container home dissertation research with Adaptainer. House prices are rising and becoming unaffordable to many in the UK - so could a shipping container home be a cheaper alternative? Owen Connolly, a student from the University of Westminster...
Shipping container home saves couple $250k versus traditional building.
How do shipping container homes compare to traditional building costs, can you really save money? Architect Michele Bertomen and her husband David Boyle seem to be proof you can. They had a dream of owning their own home and bought a 20 x 40 foot lot of land in...
Rare images of old GRP / FRP shipping containers.
These GRP / FRP container images will take you back in time. If you're a container history buff you might remember GRP / FRP containers from long ago. In case you're wondering what an earth I'm talking about, here's a quick intro to these old used shipping...
