Burly, When you get it sealed I work loading and unloading shipping cans pretty often at work. I know they say "fix with corten steel only" somewhere on the box. Not sure exactly what that means. If you are going to store anything valuable inside the container, be sure to throw some dry silica bags in the container. The containers can hold an awful lot of condensation and cause mildew with weather fluctuations.



I unloaded peoples personal effects/Furniture out of a container from India and another time(separate shipments) from germany a couple years back. The one from India had items that had gotten wet while loading in India. By the time it had got here everything was covered in mold and had to be shipped back. The one from Germany had a bad seal allowing a little moisture in with the same results.

Lastly be very careful no one gets locked in one. On a serious note a 25 year old mover from a couple towns away at a different company decided to sleep off after having a few too many at the bar instead of going home drunk. He opened the container crawled in and passed out leaving the door ajar. One of the second shifters arriving back late at night saw the door and being that it was dark didn't see him. He got locked in and it was in the middle of the summer. His body was found the next week. Sad yes maybe have the welder install a safety latch like they do in car trunks nowadays.