Patent ID: 8917177

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a weldable frame enclosing a volume to ship items; a plurality of composite panels, wherein each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels is securable to the weldable frame, each composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, when secured to the weldable frame, being a portion of an outer surface of a shipping container and forming a joint of substantially contiguous composite material with an adjoining composite panel of the plurality of composite panels; a first security element embedded within a first composite panel of the plurality of composite panels; and a second security element embedded within a second composite panel of the plurality of composite panels, wherein the second composite panel and the first composite panel are adjoining when secured to the weldable frame, wherein the first security element and the second security element are interconnectable at the joint formed between the first composite panel and the second composite panel to allow the first security element to detect a breach in the second composite panel.