A shipping container can hold temporary duplicate records or low-risk boxed files only if the records authority and conservation, privacy, fire and building reviewers approve the environment and site. A bare steel container is rarely suitable for long-term archives: temperature and humidity fluctuate, condensation and pests can damage paper, and a padlock does not provide records governance or fire protection. Valuable, unique or permanent records belong in purpose-designed archival storage.
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Use archive enclosures and shelving suited to paper records
Security has identity, authorization and evidence layers
Fire, water and pests need an emergency plan
Retrieval must not damage the record
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