A shipping container

A shipping container comprising:

• (i) a container body for containing goods;
• (ii) first and second doors which are positioned at a first end of the container body, and which move between open and closed positions for enabling storage and removal of the goods from the container body;
• (iii) locking bars which extend longitudinally along an outside of the doors and which operate to lock and unlock the doors;
• (iv) at least one sensor device which is mounted on at least one of the locking bars, and which operates wirelessly to transmit to a control station data indicating an unauthorized attempt to open at least one of the doors;
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• (v) at least one global positioning satellite device which is mounted on at least one of the locking bars, and which operates to indicate the global position of the container.