Shipping Containers Blog

Shipping containers were used as platforms for a spectacular firework display to mark Liverpool’s transition from European Capital of Culture 2008 to a European Culture Capital.

Shipping Containers at Liverpool Firework Display

The firework display, held on 10th January 2009, was produced by Walk the Plank who hired the specialist containers in the form of 20ft collapsible flat racks from CS Shipping Containers. Everything had to be delivered within a very tight schedule to Liverpool Docks. Here the flat racks were converted into platforms from which the fireworks were mounted before being lifted on to boats straddling the Mersey and set off to much excitement.

Fireworks on shipping container flat racks

The display was watched by over 35,000 people who had no idea of the logistics behind the spectacular display.

Flat racks are generally used for transporting awkward shaped loads that will not fit inside the 8ft width of a ordinary shipping container. Examples of loads the containers would be used for would be heavy machinery, boats etc. On collapsible flat racks the two ends of the rack fold flat into the middle making it easier to transport multiples on one lorry when the shipping containers are not in use.

20ft collapsible end flat rack

Shipping Containers as part of such a spectacular firework display? It is amazing what uses shipping containers can be put to!