Betting on container rates, which are a proxy for economic activity, may also appeal to speculators.
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"There are about 400 established architectural projects making use of shipping containers around the world, " says Slovenian architect Jure Kotnik, who has written two books on the subject and is curating an international exhibition on "container architecture" currently on display at the AIA in Seattle.
This is then put on a container ship to England, where it is emptied and bottled.
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Late on April 21, just before midnight, a person saw an object -- later determined to be the quart-size container that held the explosive -- on the ground near a trash container, Woolverton told CNN on Thursday.
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He still pays full property tax on the house, and a city official challenged him for having an unapproved shipping container on the property to store salvaged belongings.
Hayes Valley, California, ice cream purveyors Smitten are nearly finished work on their shipping container ice cream stand.
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He said their captors had not officially asked for a ransom and that they were currently being held hostage on board a container ship.
This is exactly the spirit in which 61-year-old Captain Arne Rinnan answered the call from the Australian coastguard requesting he sail and rescue the 460 asylum-seekers now on board his container ship.
Domino was put in a container on the floor of the car deck in a gap between a wall and a bicycle storage area, with a mat underneath to stop the container getting hot from the ferry's engines.
It is uniquely flat and rectangular, unlike virtually any spirit container on the market, made from high-end French crystal, laser engraved with traditional Slovakian poetry on the back and the Double Cross logo on the front, and topped with a polished metal snap-on lid.
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In Wednesday's scenario, CNN's John King had jumped out early around lunchtime, saying that a department store's surveillance camera had helped law enforcement spot a person dropping a container on the street that was believed to be the second of two bombs that detonated near the race's finish line.
With so much vital transportation infrastructure surrounding the harbor such as Newark Liberty International Airport, the extensive railroad systems for Norfolk Southern and Conrail, the container terminals at Port Elizabeth, Port Newark, and the New York Container Terminal on Staten Island, the immediate area surrounding the port makes New York Harbor an ideal and desirable transportation destination.
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The wraparound labels on conventional round bottles were difficult to read, so she designed a flat tube-shaped container that stood upright on its cap, with plenty of room for a large, flat label that could be read easily at a glance.
He said the couple were being held hostage on a Singapore-registered container ship called the Kota Wajah.
The truck went to the nearby Port of Seattle, where the container was put on a ship.
PublishOne then pops it in an appropriate digital container and publishes it on one of its partner websites.
Both sources told CNN that the wife told authorities she found a suspicious container and ricin research on their computer.
In 2007 the International Chamber of Shipping and the World Shipping Council began work on a code of practice for container storage.
So even in the case that the device itself has no unlock passcode and no corresponding security policies, the secure container of business apps on the phone cannot be accessed unless the appropriate passcode is entered.
Since 1995 container traffic has increased, on average, 5.2% more per year than world GDP.
Hutchison Whampoa, a Hong Kong conglomerate, has just opened a huge container trans-shipment port on Grand Bahama.
An exporter underlines the inadequacies (high fees, no container trade) but goes on to laud the new post.
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Container traffic provides a window on trade patterns and the state of the global economy because it is the most closely tied to consumer demand.
Around 6, 000 breed and live on the harbor in Zeebrugge, a container port where they first settled in the 1980s and have remained relatively undisturbed by humans and predators.
This will allow the new class of ships to pass safely into Newark Bay and the massive container terminals, which are located on its shores.
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Richard Phillips reportedly offered himself as a hostage to the pirates during an attack Wednesday on the U.S.-flagged container ship Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean.
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Far more importantly, I know that Method home products, as a whole company, has a positive impact on society and the environment far beyond the container of one product.
On one workbench wires pour out of a metal container the size of two shoe boxes.
The glue container burst when the lorry jack-knifed on the road at 05:30, police said.
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