People all over the world are looking for cheap, alternative housing, and recycled shipping containers are starting to become ever more popular; not just homes but also for all sorts of structures.

On a sunny afternoon in June a dozen trucks line up on North Marine Drive in Portland, waiting to turn into marine Terminal 6 where they’ll drop off or load up large shipping containers. It’s a fairly ...

Houses and offices made from shipping containers are being manufactured in South Mississippi. Brittany Kahler is the chief executive officer of a company that is selling and manufacturing containers ...