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The invention is a transporting apparatus for holding lengths of tubulars and transporting tubulars to a drill floor of a drill rig, wherein the transport container for tubulars has a bottom side, a two sides connected to the bottom side, and two ends connected to the bottom side and the sides, wher

The invention is a transporting apparatus for holding lengths of tubulars and transporting tubulars to a drill floor of a drill rig, wherein the transport container for tubulars has a bottom side, a two sides connected to the bottom side, and two ends connected to the bottom side and the sides, wherein there is at least two tubular supports for supporting a plurality of tubulars secured to the two sides adapted to support a row of tubulars and to act as a guide to allow the tubulars to be inserted upward or downward into the container, each support is made of at least two parallel upright members for slidingly receiving an end of a tubular and preventing horizontal movement of the tubulars perpendicular to the side and at least one connector is located on one end and a second connector is located on the other end.

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1. A method for moving a transporting apparatus that transfers tubulars to and from a drilling rig using a vehicle, comprising the steps of:a. loading tubulars in a transporting apparatus, wherein the transporting apparatus comprises:i. a transport container for tubulars comprising:1. a bottom side;

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A method for moving a transporting apparatus that transfers tubulars to and from a drilling rig using a vehicle, comprising the steps of:a. loading tubulars in a transporting apparatus, wherein the transporting apparatus comprises:i. a transport container for tubulars comprising:1. a bottom side;2. a first side and a second side connected to the bottom side;3. a first end and a second end connected to the bottom side and the first and second side,ii. at least a first and a second tubular support for supporting a plurality of tubulars wherein each tubular support is secured to the first side and the second side wherein the tubular supports are adapted to support a row of tubulars and to act as a guide to allow the tubulars to be inserted upward or downward into the container and wherein each support comprises at least two parallel upright members for slidingly receiving an end of a tubular and preventing horizontal movement of the tubulars perpendicular to the first and second side; andiii. at least a first connector disposed on the first end and a second connector disposed on the second end;b. placing the transporting apparatus on a vehicle;c. moving the vehicle to the drilling rig; andd. lifting horizontally the transporting apparatus onto the drilling rig,e. lifting the transporting apparatus from the horizontal position to a vertical position on the floor of the drilling rig, wherein the tubulars are stored on the floor of the drilling rig in the vertical position.2. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle is a member of the group consisting of a barge, a workboat, a cargo ship, a container ship, and a moveable semisubmersible vessel.3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of loading the transporting apparatus onto an intermediate vehicle, moving the intermediate vehicle to the vehicle and off-loading the transporting apparatus onto the vehicle.4. The method of claim 3, wherein the intermediate vehicle is a member of the group consisting of a train, a truck, a dolly, a trailer, a barge, a workboat, a cargo ship, a container ship, and a moveable semisubmersible vessel, and combinations thereof.5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of using at least two containers coupled using the connectors as the transporting apparatus.6. The method of claim 5, wherein the two containers are coupled wherein the first container is disposed on top of the second container.7. The method of claim 5, wherein the two containers are coupled wherein the first container is coupled lengthwise to the second container.8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of:a. providing a first oil field tubular having a first coupling and an inner surface, and a second oilfield tubular having a second coupling and an inner surface;b. placing the first coupling of the first tubular adjacent to the second coupling of the second tubular; andc. placing first and second couplings such that the tubulars are maintained in an accurately defined axially aligned position relative to each other and engaging the first coupling with the second coupling forming a joined tubular.9. The method of claim 1, wherein the container is first disposed vertically, then tilted to at least a 30 degree angle from the vertical, tubulars are then loaded into the container.10. A method for running tubulars using a transporting apparatus, comprising the steps:a. inserting tubulars in a transporting apparatus wherein the transport apparatus comprises:i. a transport container for tubulars comprising:1. a bottom side;2. a first side and a second side connected to the bottom side;3. a first end and a second end connected to the bottom side and the first and second side,ii. at least a first and a second tubular support for supporting a plurality of tubulars wherein each tubular support is secured to the first side and the second side wherein the tubular supports are adapted to support a row of tubulars and to act as a guide to allow the tubulars to be inserted upward or downward into the container and wherein each support comprises at least two parallel upright members for slidingly receiving an end of a tubular and preventing horizontal movement of the tubulars perpendicular to the first and second side; andat least a first connector disposed on the first end and a second connector disposed on the second end,b. moving the transporting apparatus proximately close to a subsea well;c. repeatedly dispensing tubulars from the transport apparatus in close proximity to the subsea well;d. replenishing the supply of tubulars in the transport apparatus while the transport apparatus remains in close proximity to a subsea well.11. A method for installing tubulars into a subsea well comprising the steps of:a. placing at least one tubular in a first container;b. placing at least one tubular in a second container;c. transporting the first and second containers containing tubulars to a drilling rig;d. storing the first and second containers on a drilling rig;e. removing the first and second containers from storage on the drilling rig;f. connecting the first and second containers together with a plurality of connectors making a container assembly;g. connecting a first tubular in the first container to a second tubular in a second container;h. lifting the container assembly with the connected tubulars to a vertical position;i. removing individual connected tubulars from the container assembly; andj. lowering the container assembly to the rig for storage.12. A method for tracking and delivering tubulars from a manufacturing site comprising the steps of:a. measuring a tubular and giving the tubular an identification number;b. placing identified tubulars into a numbered container with a file;c. transporting numbered containers to a rig;d. designating the location of each numbered container on the rig;e. connecting together two numbered containers;f. lifting connected numbered containers to a vertical position; andg. selecting tubulars with an identification number for use on the rig.