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Buying shipping containers come to be one of the most arduous tasks especially when you are not much familiar with shipping related incoterms. In this blog, we have tried to include all the specific detail giving insights into useful information as to how one can buy shipping containers and not get cheated by fraudulent companies.

Though shipping containers are extensively being used by the shipping companies for the storage & transportation of goods from one location to another, its uses have incredibly increased in the construction field as well. After journeying the seven seas for years, they are finding second lives as an affordable green building material. It may sounds a bit eye-raising but the fact has intrigued big chunks of people around the world.

Alternative maritime power for docked container vessels has made steady progress throughout the decade. But isn't it time more ports and shipping lines adopted the technology? asks Alex Hawkes. As the climate talks in Copenhagen draw to a close and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) comes under increasing pressure to address the shipping industry's carbon emissions, alternative maritime power (AMP) is looking an increasingly obvious solution.

The Commitment (C) Class liquefied natural gas (LNG) powered combination container Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships are being built by VT Halter Marine for Crowley Maritime Corporation's liner services group. Crowley signed a contract with VT Halter Marine, a subsidiary of VT Systems, for two vessels of the new Commitment (C) Class in November 2013.