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Mar 16, 2010: Cargoshell
Ha ha, I fooled you all, I'm really a spammer for Cargoshell. 
| Cargoshell provides, maintaining the successful qualities of the current container, a number of crucial innovations. Of higher interest is the substantial CO2-reduction that can be achieved by replacing the current containers by Cargoshell worldwide. Cargoshell is manufactured from composites (fibre reinforced plastics), therefore the container is much lighter than the current steel container. Another important innovation is the fact that Cargoshell has a folding mechanism. Steel containers obtain the same amount of space when they are fully loaded as when they are empty. The volume of a folded Cargoshell is ¼ of the original steel container. |
I don't know where they hide the ends when it's folded up? Looks like there's a loop for an overhead door?
I suppose the ships are going back anyway, so the folding wouldn't matter too much, but you'd only need one truck, instead of four, to get the empties back to the dock. Looks like you need a crane to open them, I wonder if they could be folded without one?
I'm not a very good spammer, am I.
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rditlkustoleit Tuesday Mar 16 01:39 AM
"It slices, it dices, it folds..."
Ronco Popeil eat your heart out.
On a serious note, I think it would be much more efficient to smuggle in refugees if they were flattened in their cargo containers.
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Crimson Ghost Tuesday Mar 16 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by rditlkustoleit
"It slices, it dices, it folds..."
Ronco Popeil eat your heart out. On a serious note, I think it would be much more efficient to smuggle in refugees if they were flattened in their cargo containers. |
All that they'd need is an air-pump, and they're good to go.
SPUCK Tuesday Mar 16 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rditlkustoleit
On a serious note, I think it would be much more efficient to smuggle in refugees if they were flattened in their cargo containers.
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ZenGum Tuesday Mar 16 07:28 AM
A nifty idea, but can you stack them 12 high on a container ship and round Cape Horn with it?
glatt Tuesday Mar 16 08:28 AM
These are a nifty idea, and I can see them being useful in some situations, but they don't look that durable. Sure, they fold up all perfectly when they are new, but once they have been shipped around the world and unloaded from ships half a dozen times, they will be all beat up, and the folding mechanism will probably be mangled a little or encrusted with crud, and they won't fold properly.
spudcon Tuesday Mar 16 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by glatt
once they have been shipped around the world and unloaded from ships half a dozen times, they will be all beat up, and the folding mechanism will probably be mangled a little or encrusted with crud, and they won't fold properly.
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newtimer Tuesday Mar 16 08:44 AM
I'll bet Ikea is going to start using these to ship their furniture.
Trilby Tuesday Mar 16 08:46 AM
boy stuff.
Where are the female-friendly IotD?
HUH?
and no - I do NOT mean pics of vaginas and the like.
Shawnee123 Tuesday Mar 16 09:18 AM
Mary Mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cargoshells
And pretty maids all in a row.
Trilby Tuesday Mar 16 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123
Mary Mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cargoshells And pretty maids all in a row. |
Gravdigr Tuesday Mar 16 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
A nifty idea, but can you stack them 12 high on a container ship and round Cape Horn with it?
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xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Mar 16 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Brianna
boy stuff.
Where are the female-friendly IotD? HUH? and no - I do NOT mean pics of vaginas and the like. |
Tick Tuesday Mar 16 08:54 PM
| I don't know where they hide the ends when it's folded up? |
Note: After unfolding, wait for the wobble to stop before closing the doors!
Tick
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Mar 17 12:51 AM
Thanks Tick, that wobble is a little disconcerting. Hard to believe the roll doors stiffen it enough.
classicman Wednesday Mar 17 03:25 PM
lol - bruce said stiffen
Crimson Ghost Friday Mar 19 02:01 AM
That only happens with the ones they ship Viagra in.
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