GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A company in West Michigan is creating homes, swimming pools and everything in between, all from old used shipping containers that they source from across the Midwest. Newco ...

A record-breaking number of shipping containers are backlogged at LA ports as supply-chain woes continue. But after 15 to 20 years of carrying freight, some containers "retire" into a second life. See ...

Shipping containers are kind of like LEGO bricks. Sturdy and stackable, they can be crafted into all sorts of creative things, from fold-out coffee shops to surprisingly stylish modern homes. They ...

A new, modern home in the hills of Oakland, California — for sale for $5 million — comes with several unique features but none as distinctive as the state-of-the-art swimming pool crafted out of a ...

If we can turn them into homes, then surely we can turn shipping containers into one of our homes’ greatest accessories — pools. One company is doing just that, and has created what it calls the pool ...

Homes are springing up around the world featuring the latest trend in green building: Transforming a shipping container into a home. As a home building material, these containers actually have a lot ...

The Austin yard of Bob's Containers echoes with the typical sounds of home construction: drilling, hammering, sawing and more. "Except our medium is a metal box," says co-owner Robert Balderas.

Steel shipping containers are used to crate cargo up and down the Mississippi River and around the world. The Port of New Orleans is filled with the massive steel boxes. This weekend, the New Orleans ...