Container Information and the history of them.
What is a shipping container?
Part of our Carlisle storage depot
There's a lot you can hold in a standard shipping container!
On our sites, we have 24 hour drive up access with sizes of units ranging from 50sq foot to 300sq foot.
Large enough for the contents of a single room, up to a five bedroom house worth of contents depending on the size of shipping container unit you opt for.
Furthermore, our units range from brand new furniture grade units which can hold an entire house of furniture, to cheaper cost, builder grade units for tradesmen or builders.
So no matter what use you have in mind, or what ever your storage needs are; we have a storage unit suitable for your needs and budget. We believe we are the cheapest storage in Carlisle for the value!
Our standard sized units from circa £25 a week can hold up to a three bedroom house worth of contents for as little or as long as you need.
Now for a little trivia.
Who invented the shipping container? How are they sited?
A lot of people are now very curious about shipping containers and the alternative uses for them. In the news you have probably seen reports of people using used ones for homes, or converting them into sheds. We make use of superb brand new ones capable of holding furniture over long periods of time. But who came up with the idea of the humble shipping container? Malcom McLean, an American businessman born 1913 invented the modern intermodal shipping container. Even up to 1956 cargo across the world was loaded by hand. By 1957 the first container ship "Gateway City" ran a shipping service between New York, Florida and Texas.
Shipping containers revolutionized transport and international trade in the second half of the twentieth century. It led to a significant reduction in the cost of freight transportation by eliminating the need for repeated handling of individual pieces of cargo. It improved reliability, resulted in reduced cargo theft, and cut costs by reducing transit time. More on Malcom McLean can be found on his Wikipedia page.
A shipping container for those who are totally oblivious to such things are often defined as meaning a standardized container designed for intermodal freight transport, which broadly speaking means they can be used to ferry goods and cargo across different types of available transport from a ships at docks, to HGV's without unloading and reloading their cargo.
Of course, the reason shipping containers were needed was efficiency. Before Malcom McLean invented what's basically a metal box, all goods had to be unloaded and re-loaded mainly by hand at the docks. However, by the 1970s, industry standards were created in order to enable a more consistent loading and transporting of goods globally.
The self storage industry benefits massively from shipping containers as they are sufficiently strong and watertight to hold all manner of items in the secure environment of a self storage compound - after all, if container units are designed for going around the world, being permanently parked up in a storage depot is an easy life for them.
In the world there are various sizes of shipping container units ranging from 10 foot up to 45 foot in length. However, Container Storage Carlisle have a handy range of sizes in stock, but industry standard 20 foot ones are far by the most popular size available for rental on our storage site as they tend to hold an average three bedroom home with ease, sometimes as much as a four bedroom home.
We can talk about shipping containers in our sleep as we've been in the business for many years, but take a look at another Wikipedia link that follows, it discusses in amazing depth the history of shipping containers, titled "Intermodal Containers" - If you're into that sort of thing!
On our sites, we have 24 hour drive up access with sizes of units ranging from 50sq foot to 300sq foot.
Large enough for the contents of a single room, up to a five bedroom house worth of contents depending on the size of shipping container unit you opt for.
Furthermore, our units range from brand new furniture grade units which can hold an entire house of furniture, to cheaper cost, builder grade units for tradesmen or builders.
So no matter what use you have in mind, or what ever your storage needs are; we have a storage unit suitable for your needs and budget. We believe we are the cheapest storage in Carlisle for the value!
Our standard sized units from circa £25 a week can hold up to a three bedroom house worth of contents for as little or as long as you need.
Now for a little trivia.
Who invented the shipping container? How are they sited?
A lot of people are now very curious about shipping containers and the alternative uses for them. In the news you have probably seen reports of people using used ones for homes, or converting them into sheds. We make use of superb brand new ones capable of holding furniture over long periods of time. But who came up with the idea of the humble shipping container? Malcom McLean, an American businessman born 1913 invented the modern intermodal shipping container. Even up to 1956 cargo across the world was loaded by hand. By 1957 the first container ship "Gateway City" ran a shipping service between New York, Florida and Texas.
Shipping containers revolutionized transport and international trade in the second half of the twentieth century. It led to a significant reduction in the cost of freight transportation by eliminating the need for repeated handling of individual pieces of cargo. It improved reliability, resulted in reduced cargo theft, and cut costs by reducing transit time. More on Malcom McLean can be found on his Wikipedia page.
A shipping container for those who are totally oblivious to such things are often defined as meaning a standardized container designed for intermodal freight transport, which broadly speaking means they can be used to ferry goods and cargo across different types of available transport from a ships at docks, to HGV's without unloading and reloading their cargo.
Of course, the reason shipping containers were needed was efficiency. Before Malcom McLean invented what's basically a metal box, all goods had to be unloaded and re-loaded mainly by hand at the docks. However, by the 1970s, industry standards were created in order to enable a more consistent loading and transporting of goods globally.
The self storage industry benefits massively from shipping containers as they are sufficiently strong and watertight to hold all manner of items in the secure environment of a self storage compound - after all, if container units are designed for going around the world, being permanently parked up in a storage depot is an easy life for them.
In the world there are various sizes of shipping container units ranging from 10 foot up to 45 foot in length. However, Container Storage Carlisle have a handy range of sizes in stock, but industry standard 20 foot ones are far by the most popular size available for rental on our storage site as they tend to hold an average three bedroom home with ease, sometimes as much as a four bedroom home.
We can talk about shipping containers in our sleep as we've been in the business for many years, but take a look at another Wikipedia link that follows, it discusses in amazing depth the history of shipping containers, titled "Intermodal Containers" - If you're into that sort of thing!
These Intermodal Shipping containers are arriving from Port onto our depot
Being delivered! We proudly offer non standard size storage units such as this 10 foot unit.
HIAB's are used to carefully position a unit
This shipping container is being positioned onto site
When our brand new units arrive from Port direct to our site, heavy equipment is used to position them into exact position on our facility enabling large vehicles such as removal vehicles to easily access them as shown below.
All this activity and planning results in a super efficient drive-up secure self storage facility geared for you, the customer. With superb storage units and well kept and designed facilities, your contents are kept clean, dry and secure at all times and you can park next to your unit.
Fast forward to today.
Below; The interior of a typical storage unit used for keeping personal items. Our very latest shipping containers are used today on our self storage facilities. Pictured are our brand new range, ready for storing up to an entire house contents all year round, safely and securely.
We provide the very best in City Centre self storage on our 24/7 365 a day self storage facility. Please book an appointment or give us a call to see how we can help.
We provide self storage for any purpose - house moves, de clutter, student, business and construction uses. See how we can assist you.
We provide self storage for any purpose - house moves, de clutter, student, business and construction uses. See how we can assist you.
Make contact today! We've a huge facility and range of storage options available.
