Shipping tiny houses to the USA: from wooden barrel to holiday home
Three tiny houses on a long journey: Speedlog shipped the small houses from Tischlerei Keitel in Lenne via Hamburg to Baltimore. They are destined for a leisure complex in New Plymouth, Ohio.
A wooden barrel as a cosy place to stay? Tischlerei Keitel demonstrates how an unusual shape can inspire a creative accommodation concept. The company's broad range of products includes barrel saunas. With a different interior fit-out, the barrel becomes a tiny house – an unusual idea for a relaxing getaway.
By semi-low loader to Hamburg
For the journey, each of the three tiny houses was packed in a crate measuring 355 × 300 × 280 cm. The crates first travelled to Hamburg on a semi-low loader.
This was the first stage of the transport: from the joinery workshop in Lenne to the port, where the houses continued their journey across the Atlantic.
"For a shipment like this, road and sea transport need to work together smoothly. That combination is what makes the tiny houses' journey to the USA a special project."
– Grigo Simsek
Aboard the Atlantic Sun to Baltimore
In Hamburg, the three crates were loaded onto a Mafi trailer. They were then shipped to Baltimore aboard the Atlantic Sun.
For a product designed for relaxing getaways, the vessel's name could hardly be more fitting.
Destined for a leisure complex in Ohio
In New Plymouth, Ohio, the tiny houses are intended to become part of a leisure complex. The project connects a creative woodworking concept with road and sea transport.