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Container Wars

Unlike any other auction event of its kind, "Container Wars" elevates auctions to new heights with substantial sums, intense competition, and celebrity personalities. The show takes place in major commercial shipping ports, featuring expert bidders from diverse fields.

In "Container Wars," an unprecedented auction show, competitors vie for contents of high-value shipping containers at commercial ports. Experts from diverse backgrounds bid in tight races against time, risking tens of thousands on a container's worth. The pressure is intense as they must decide within minutes whether to secure the prize or walk away empty-handed.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Booby Traps and Safes

1. Booby Traps and Safes

Aired: Jan 13, 2013

The biggest auction you've ever seen explodes when rival bidders bet huge sum...

Episode 2 Matt Attack

2. Matt Attack

Aired: Jan 20, 2013

Manic Matt is out to prove a point in the port of Oakland. He gambles early o...

Episode 3 Israeli Angst

3. Israeli Angst

Aired: Jan 27, 2013

New auctioneer Penny has Israeli young guns Uzi and Schlomi seeing red.?

Episode 4 Secret Stash

4. Secret Stash

Aired: Feb 10, 2013

At the port of Los Angeles, the Uzi and Shlomi are out to destroy the competi...

Episode 5 Last Laugh

5. Last Laugh

Aired: Feb 17, 2013

Manic Matt laughs hard when the others spend big money on what looks like jun...

Episode 6 Four-Wheeled Fortunes

6. Four-Wheeled Fortunes

Aired: Feb 24, 2013

Always up for an outrageous gamble, Uzi and Schlomi throw down the gauntlet i...

Episode 7 Secrets of the Orient

7. Secrets of the Orient

Aired: Jul 21, 2013

The biggest auction on the planet explodes when a mysterious container from t...

Episode 8 Shark Attack

8. Shark Attack

Aired: Jul 28, 2013

Mo and Ty, AKA "Team Muscle," go on the attack.

Episode 9 Big Guns

9. Big Guns

Aired: Aug 4, 2013

A mysterious container from Guam has the competition ready for battle. Manic ...

Episode 10 Fur Play

10. Fur Play

Aired: Aug 11, 2013

The mother lode of all containers makes landfall. Jason and Matt go all in, b...

Episode 11 Fishy Business

11. Fishy Business

Aired: Aug 18, 2013

Jason's got the inside track on a container that could have him coasting to p...

Episode 12 All That Glitters

12. All That Glitters

Aired: Aug 25, 2013

A squabble over the contents of a mysterious container threatens to destroy M...

Episode 13 Blow a Casket

13. Blow a Casket

Aired: Sep 1, 2013

The Israelis form an unexpected alliance that threatens to bury their competi...

Episode 14 Blowing Smoke

14. Blowing Smoke

Aired: Sep 8, 2013

When a container with a shady past lands on the auction block, Mo & Ty are re...

Episode 15 Cargo Contraband-O

15. Cargo Contraband-O

Aired: Sep 15, 2013

The competition hits a fever pitch when a container from south of the border ...

Episode 16 Lost at Sea

16. Lost at Sea

Aired: Sep 22, 2013

The biggest auction on the planet sails to the middle of the Pacific Ocean wh...

Info about Container Wars

Current Status: Ended

Network: truTV

Production Country: United States

Genres:Reality-TV