Containers

Shipping containers are everywhere on Bonaire.  Everything that comes on this island comes in a shipping container. Many people own a container that they keep in their yard. Containers are used for storage, tiny houses, office buildings, workshops, garages and  extra bedrooms. 

A used shipping container costs about $3500. They are delivered and set in the yard with a crane.  Some people paint them to match their house. Some are rebuilt for a new purpose.

There are few garages and commercial storage places so this is a perfect selection for the least beautiful way to store stuff. 

Our window supplier said there was a shortage of shipping containers worldwide after Covid.  He could not get timely orders for steel, glass, and aluminum. It seems to me that shipping containers don't just disappear.  The shortage must indicate that the containers are just not where they need to be in order to efficiently move goods around the world.

We have also heard that shipping companies are hording containers to affect prices.  What ever the cause, I think I have a solution.

Come to Bonaire and pick up the thousands of containers that litter the island and let get things moving again!