Cranes in ports, factories and businesses around the globe spend their days lifting shipping containers on and off trucks. But those cranes could soon find themselves out of a job because of a new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The BoxSpot business incubator in Cleveland’s Kinsman neighborhood took a highly visible step toward completion Tuesday as workers from Scalish Construction used a crane to lift a ...

Shipping containers are a cornerstone of the world’s economy, but they’re also very, very heavy and completely dependent on cranes to be moved about. Except the SL-Tainer, which is the first container ...

There was a time when shipping containers were just used for cargo, but these days, they're used for everything from housing to restaurants and urban farms. While these steel boxes have proven to be ...

Millions — perhaps tens of millions — of shipping containers are sitting empty at ports all over the world. And they've been a treasure trove for architects Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano. "We found ...

At the other end of the customization spectrum was the 40-foot hot dog stand. Inside the box was a standard commercial ...