Abstract: There is a stacked shipping container assembly having a bottom shipping container including a plurality of corner blocks at top corners thereof. The stacked shipping container assembly includes a top shipping container having a plurality of corner blocks at bottom corners thereof. The top shipping container is stacked on the bottom shipping container wherein at least two of the corner blocks of each of the bottom shipping container and the top shipping container are aligned horizontally with each other. The stacked shipping container assembly includes a pair of stacking cones each disposed between horizontally aligned pairs of corner blocks. The assembly includes a pair of toroidal weld plates each disposed around a corresponding stacking cone and between horizontally aligned pairs of corner blocks.