The ingenious Cargoshell shipping container concept is about to be tested for ISO certification by Germanische Lloyd. Wholesale adoption of the collapsible composite Cargoshell could significantly lower CO2 emissions worldwide.
It is much lighter than present steel containers, but most importantly, it's collapsible. Though containerisation has streamlined global trade, it remains inefficient.
The current steel containers use the same space whether they are empty or full, and waste valuable resources globally being transported and stored empty.
A Cargoshell can be broken down by one person in 30 minutes, to a quarter of its original volume.
I agree, combine them with inflatable furniture made from the same stuff they are making the xp inflatable car out of, I understand it\'s based on the materials used in the phoenix mars landing, and you could have a low weight low shipping volume temporary housing system.
All I\'m saying is that it would be nice to see a more comprehensive description of how the cost-benefit balance weighs out.
Environmentally it will be very good............lets say you can get 4 of these on one trailer thats fuel and environmental costs cut 4:1 even if all 4 units end up in 4 different locations its still one Truck instead of 4 doing the job. If you have 8x20ft units on a Drawbar Combination and the Truck has a Hiab Crane then you can make even more out of it............imagine being able to deliver 8x20ft boxes in one drop!!!! Magic!