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In the past few years, the world has faced one of the greatest challenges in modern history. A challenge so unusual, it has affected all of us and essentially paralyzed the whole world. Not long after the COVID–19 pandemic had passed, the world started to get back to normal, but then another strike came. The Russian–Ukrainian war affects almost every aspect of our lives, transport and logistics included.

The pandemic completely stopped much of the world’s transport. The resulting shock was caused firstly by the pandemic and now by other factors like the war in Ukraine. Its consequences altogether make us understand how important container transport is for the global economy and this is reflected through the consequences of the current prices.

The health crisis produced by COVID-19 has changed the world, our economies, and habits. Among the most affected sectors are international trade and cargo and container transport.

In the first part of this three-part miniseries about shipping containers, we took a trip down memory lane, talking about the history of shipping containers. In the second part, we described the most commonly used types of shipping containers and their typical use. In today’s last part, we will also focus on the use of containers. However, this time we will take it from the other end – we will have a look at the most unique uses of intermodal containers.