‘Nightmare neighbour’ leaves shipping container in back garden for TWO years

A ‘neighbour from hell’ using a shipping container as a house extension has refused to remove it – despite nearly two years of complaints. Lillie Goddard, 45, and her children moved into a three-bed static caravan next to her house in Wiltshire, Swindon in 2019 after claiming her property had been declared unsafe for a … Read more

Suez canal blocked after massive container ship breaks down

Suez Canal is BLOCKED as enormous 1,312ft, 200,000-ton cargo ship Ever Given runs aground – causing tailbacks snaking HUNDREDS of miles as every tugboat in Egypt is sent to help clear shipping lane The 200k-tonne MV Ever Given lost power while going through the Suez Canal The 1,312ft long vessel is blocking the entire width … Read more

Incredible moment skipper saves houseboats from a steel container surging down river

Nailbiting moment hero boatie saves two houseboats from being crushed by a shipping container surging down a raging river in Sydney’s huge floods A fast acting skipper gently pushed the container off line with his own boat  The blue shipping container had already smashed a barge off line on its way   He saved the container … Read more

Shipping container chaos continues with import prices from the Far East surging

British businesses are facing thousands of pounds in extra costs and consumers the prospect of higher prices as a global shortage of containers continues to cause chaos. The average cost of shipping a 40-foot container from Asia to Northern Europe, including the UK, has skyrocketed from $1,752 last February to more than $8,000 at the … Read more

The coolest house in Britain? Knowle home looks like a huge shipping container in a field

From a distance, it looks a little like a giant metal shipping container or hangar sitting in the middle of the countryside. The reality is the property – named Hedge House – is a luxury home with a brick and wood exterior, designed and owned by architect David Sheppard. The trendy home comes with 6.5 … Read more

Nine Eritrean migrants found inside shipping container from Zeebrugge 

Nine Eritrean migrants including three women are found hidden inside shipping container when it arrived in Yorkshire Tees Harbour Police and Border Force intercepted container in Teesport, Yorks Six men and three woman claiming to be Eritrean nationals were found inside The migrants had come in onboard a ship from Zeebrugge in Belgium They are being processed … Read more

Larry Emdur & wife Sylvie list their stunning $2.15M shipping container home as a holiday rental

The Morning Show’s Larry Emdur and wife Sylvie list their stunning $2.15M shipping container home as an eco-friendly holiday rental – but you have to fork out $1K per night to stay there By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:49 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 7 November 2020 Larry Emdur … Read more

Felixstowe container backlog costs some small firms thousands of pounds

One of the world’s largest shipping lines has brought in a $150 per container surcharge on cargo passing through the Port of Felixstowe as it continues to struggle with delays and staff shortages amid the coronavirus pandemic. French transporter CMA CGM, which has been dealing with a cyber-attack since the end of September, introduced the … Read more

Felixstowe container chaos spells crisis for UK importers

Thousands of British businesses which rely on transporting and selling imported goods face a potential crisis as Britain’s busiest freight port reportedly buckles under the coronavirus pandemic and a host of other problems, This is Money can reveal. Shipping crates have been piling up on the dockside at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk, with … Read more