Essex lorry deaths: 39 bodies found in shipping container - BBC News
The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry container in Essex.
The vehicle, registered in Bulgaria, was found shortly before 01:40 BST at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, police said.
Essex Police moved the lorry to a secure location so the bodies inside could be recovered.
The lorry driver, named locally as Mo Robinson, 25, from the Portadown area of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Essex Police said the trailer arrived via ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium, into Purfleet on the River Thames.
The ship docked in the Thurrock area shortly after 00:30, the force said.
It is believed the container and lorry then left the port together about 35 minutes later.
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Shipping containers recycled into affordable, accessible Utah home
Real estate broker Jeff White dreamed of transforming used shipping containers into affordable housing. Laughed at by the first architects he approached, he began to work on his concept using a 40-foot-long, 9-foot-6-inches-tall and 8-foot-wide container in the driveway of his Salt Lake City (Utah) home. Being busted by a city inspector became the needed publicity for his project and soon after the Salt Lake's mayor was behind him and helped to ease the permits and inspections process.
After two years of transformation (including plans, groundwork and permits), what began as two forty-foot high cube containers is now a light and airy 672-square-foot house. It's not dirt cheap- the Sarah House (named for a San Francisco homeless woman whose makeshift home inspired White) is currently on the market for $135,000 (and only to low-income buyers)-, but that price includes a lot of hidden costs. I spent 40 thousand dollars for the lot and then the infrastructure underneath it, getting the sewer, water lines, probably an additional 25 thousand dollars. So you can see where I'm at, the house is still coming in at 55 to 60 thousand dollars. White thinks with time and economies of scale, he can bring the costs down.
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The Fortress Houses of Quannan, China
The donut and square-shaped homes of the Hakka people were once mistaken for missile silos during the Cold War. However the truth is even more remarkable, as Tianran learns from the ethnic Yao and Hakka people of Quannan County, China.
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Coastal Pods Wynyard: Luxury Shipping Container Accommodation
Coastal Pods Wynyard | Luxury Shipping Container Accommodation. In this video we bring to you Luxury Coastal Pods with 3 star shipping Container Accommodation by the Sea in Wynyard, Tasmania. The Coastal Pods Wynyard are two accommodation apartments built from Up-Cycled shipping containers Situated right on the waterfront, nestled on the banks of the Inglis river, Wynyard, Tasmania. Each Coastal Pods Wynyard is built from two shipping containers set apart parallel to each other and sheared horizontally to infuse some dynamism on the floor plan of the house creating two intimate outdoor spaces on the opposite ends of the pod. Each Coastal Pods Wynyard accommodates; two ensuite bedrooms, full sized single wall kitchen, a laundry, an intimate reading nook with full sized picture windows which you a private reading sanctuary bathed in northern sunshine and an enormous north facing deck with unobstructed views to the river precinct and wharf area. The exterior of the shipping containers Coastal Pods Wynyard are left in their original state with its original colours and markings helping to preserve their structural integrity sea life history. On the inside However it’s all the little luxuries that really make a stay at Coastal Pods Wynyard an experience to remember, the soaring central atrium, the huge glass and container doors that open onto the deck and the modern and stylish interiors truly make the pods a 3 star accommodation worth the stay. The interiors are well lit and furnished to provide essential functions with maximum comfort. The Coastal Pods Wynyard are an epitome of sustainability by repurposing of old containers into pieces of beauty and sustainable functionality. Watch this video here: The Soaring central atrium with intelligent clerestory windows is our favorite space in the pods. Which part of this accommodation appeals to you the most? Give us your opinion by posting in the description below. If you like the video give it a thumps up and feel free to share it. Remember to subscribe. Coastal Pods Wynyard | Luxury Shipping Container Accommodation.
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Project: Coastal Pods Wynyard
Owner: Cyndia and Justin
Containers: 2
Area: 350sqft.
Rooms: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Living room
Location: Wynyard, Tasmania
Year: 2015
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Beihai in China, port of international trade, large shipyard, business, shipping
Beihai (Chinese: 北海; pinyin: Běihǎi) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, People's Republic of China. The name of the city means north of the sea in Chinese, signifying its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin, which has granted it historical importance as a port of international trade for Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.[1] Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai is predicted to be the world's fastest growing city.[2] Beihai has a large shipyard, but most of the money generated in the city is derived from trade.
In addition, it governs the small islands of Weizhou and Xieyang, and is directly west of Leizhou Peninsula.After the 1876 Sino-British Treaty of Yantai, eight Western nations (the UK, US, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium) set up consulates, hospitals, churches, schools, and maritime customs. Today, 15 of these western buildings remain in Beihai. It officially became an international tourist spot (旅遊對外開放城市) in 1982.
City timeline[edit]
December 4, 1949: Beihai became a town of Hepu County under the Communist Party of China .
January 1951: a province-administered city of Guangdong
May 1951: entrusted to Guangxi
March 1952: officially administered by Guangxi
May 1955: Administered by Guangdong again
1956: reduced to a county-level city
1958: reduced to Beihai People's Commune of Hepu County
1959: county-class town
1964: restored to county-class city
June 1965: Administered by Guangxi again
October 1983: restored to prefecture-level city
Language[edit]
Vernacular languages of Beihai include Qin-Lian Yue, Hakka and Min. Mandarin is of increasing prevalence as a result of the Chinese government's general promotion of it.
Transportation[edit]
Air Transportation[edit]
Beihai is served by Beihai Fucheng Airport (BHY). It serves domestic destinations and also Hong Kong.
Rail[edit]
Beihai is served by a railway branch from Nanning. There are passenger trains to Nanning and Guilin.[3] At the end of 2013, the introduction of high-speed (D-series) train service to Beihai was announced as well.[4]
Climate[edit]
Beihai has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with mild to warm winters and long, hot (but not especially) summers, and very humid conditions year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 14.5 °C (58.1 °F) in January to 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) in July, while extremes have ranged from 2.0 to 37.1 °C (36 to 99 °F). Rain is both the heaviest and most frequent from June to September, when 70% of the annual rainfall also occurs. This is in contrast to the autumn and winter months, where only 20 to 40 millimetres (0.79 to 1.57 in) of rain falls per month. The area receives about 2,000 hours of sunshine annually.[1]
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Chairman of the Chinese supplier to British supermarket chain Tesco has rejected allegations the company used forced labor in the production of Christmas cards as completely fabricated.
Lu reiterated that all of Yunguang's products were made by Chinese workers, strictly obeying Chinese employment and labor laws.
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Stacked cargo containers in New Haven's LEGO apartments
Christian Salvati of Marengo Structures thinks shipping containers make great building blocks, and in time, he hopes it will become an affordable and quick method of building homes.
As full-scale R&D, in 2012, he built Connecticut’s first shipping container homes: a two-story duplex built from six containers. Two years later, he stacked higher using 27 containers to build a 6-unit apartment complex he hopes to rent to students in the New Haven area (the building is wedged between Yale and University of New Haven).
While containers are uniform, modular and easily sourced (Salivati buys from a depot in Newark, NJ), the building process is still slower and more expensive than it should be given the lack of codes for this type of building.
Salvati thinks that by sharing information, architects and builders can help improve both zoning issues and the currently steep learning curve that prevents containers from becoming a more universal modular alternative.
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House of 3 containers on San Diego hill blends with landscape
After purchasing a piece of land in the mountains of unincorporated San Diego County, Mike and Shawn McConkey set out to build their dream home from shipping containers. “This is zoned agricultural land out here so you can actually have a little cottage industry or a winery... or a container house.”
With the help of architect Chris Bittner, they designed a 700-square-foot cottage from three containers (one of which they found on the property). By building most of it themselves, Mike and Shawn kept things affordable: the total cost was $160,000, including design fees and permits. They also budgeted by living for two and a half years in a 28-foot travel trailer while they waiting for permits and to complete the build.
They stayed on budget in the interior by mixing IKEA and reclaimed items with a few high end pieces, like a $3800 rolling garage door that opens the home to the outside and unobstructed mountain views.
The home is a hybrid of containers and stick frame structure with ceilings as high as 13 feet between the containers to made the small space feel larger and to allow for natural cooling. To keep the home running at peak efficiency, the McConkeys put in a cool roof (white, to reflect the hot San Diego sun) and a high efficiency tankless water heater.
Since completing the home, Bittner says he’s received 50 calls from people interested in their own container home dreams. “They all start with, ‘I’ve always dreamed of building a container home, how much does it cost? Is it the same as framing?’ And I tell them all the same thing, ‘It certainly can be the same as framing, it can quickly get more expensive than framing.’”
Mike, who is a building superintendent for his day job, is happy he had the chance to make his own grown-up LEGO construction. “I always played with LEGO blocks and stuff as a kid. I just like to build stuff. It’s a hobby and what I do for a living so it’s kind of natural to take something unique and transform it.”
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Lost at sea: Ecological assessment around a sunken shipping container
Thousands of shipping containers are lost from cargo vessels each year. Many of these containers eventually sink to the deep seafloor. In 2004, researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered a lost shipping container almost 1,300 meters (4,200 feet) below the surface of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. In the first ever survey of its kind, researchers from MBARI and the Sanctuary recently described how deep-sea animal communities on and around the container differed from those in surrounding areas.
The red dots seen in some of the underwater footage are lasers mounted on the remotely operated submersible. The lasers are 29 cm apart and allow the scientists to estimate animal size.
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Taylor, J.R., DeVogelaere, A.P., Burton, E.J., Frey, O., Lundsten, L., Kuhnz, L.A., Whaling, P.J., Lovera, C., Buck, K.R., Barry J.P. (2014) Deep-sea faunal communities associated with a lost intermodal shipping container in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA. Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Runaway pet ostrich sprints down through streets in southwestern China
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A runaway ostrich recently startled rush-hour commuters as it sprinted through busy roads in Shiping County in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan.
The 2-metre (6ft 7in) tall ostrich ran wild for about half an hour on August 2, 2019, before its owner managed to recapture the pet bird.
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Home made from old shipping containers
What were once old, useless steel containers are now a living space in St. Louis. It might be the most unique home inside Old North St. Louis. The home is made out of shipping containers.
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How 16 containers became 8 market-rate Phoenix apartments
On an old used car lot in Phoenix, architects Brian Stark and Wesley James placed 16 used shipping containers and turned them into 8 one-bedroom apartments. With the goal of creating market-rate rental units, the architects tried to work with the containers rather than altering them.
The containers are stacked as they would be on ships, using the cam-lock (twist lock) system to lock them in place two stories high. The container doors were left in place - welded open or shut in an alternating pattern - and serve as the main source of daylight. Only a few small windows are cut from the sides of the containers.
The Containers on Grand apartments (the first container apartments in the Western US) now rent at market rate ($1000/month for a 740-square-foot one-bedroom; the going rate for the up-and-coming arts district just outside downtown).
While this type of construction may never out-compete the area’s “stick and stucco” vernacular, Stark argues that it could compete strongly in a place like San Francisco where labor costs are high.
What would prevent this type of building from scaling are codes (there are height limits due to combustion regulations) and financing. Containers on Grand was self-financed (Stark and James became investors, among others), since, as Stark explains, “banks aren’t on board yet with financing a shipping container project”.
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Live: The unique scenery of rural China 看美丽乡村风景 感受70年变迁
On Day 11 of CGTN's New China special series, CGTN will show you some unique scenery of rural China. Join us on our tour of Panjin City in northeastern Liaoning Province and Suzhou City in eastern Jiangsu Province, while our southwest route is in Yichang, central Hubei Province.
We will start from Red Beach, in Dawa County, Panjin, Liaoning Province and discuss the earth-shaking changes there since the founding of the People's Republic of China 70 years ago. Our east team takes you to Lion Grove Garden of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, a place with rich ornamental pavilions and towers in the ancient Chinese classical style.
Also, our southwest crew will do live-streaming inside the Three Gorges Dam exhibition center and talk about ecological protection of this area.
CGTN's special program New China gives you an in-depth look at China 70 years on. Our crew is on a 12-day journey to China's southwest, southeast and northeast. Don't miss out. #PanoramicChina #70YearsThriving
This Ultra Modern Tiny House Will Blow Your Mind
This ultra modern tiny house on wheels is truly something to behold. With it's jet black exterior, super clever design and incredibly high quality of craftsmanship, this tiny home is sure to blow your mind.
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