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Our pallets allow optimal use of the expensive container space down to the last centimeter and faster loading times. If you cannot use the formats mentioned above, we recommend our industrial format F10 x mm. Generally, North American foot containers were not constructed strong enough to endure the rigors of ocean transport, but in container carrier APL introduced the first foot ocean-capable containers.
All new, reinforced foot boxes were built specifically for international trade and designed to withstand ocean voyages on its South China-to-Los Angeles service. The United States military continues to use small containers, strongly reminiscent of their Transporter and Conex boxes of the s and s. These either comply with ISO standard dimensions, or are a direct derivative thereof. This comes down to containers of 8 ft 2.
Tricons and Quadcons however have to be coupled transversely — either three or four in a row — to be stackable with twenty foot containers. The smallest of these, the Quadcon, exists in two heights: 96 in 2. Each container is allocated a standardized ISO reporting mark ownership code , four letters long ending in either U, J or Z, followed by six digits and a check digit.
Shipping containers are labelled with a series of identification codes that includes the manufacturer code, the ownership code, usage classification code, UN placard for hazardous goods and reference codes for additional transport control and security. This showed advantages for intermodal transport of containers and swap bodies. Since July the new ILU codes can be registered, beginning with July all intermodal ISO containers and intermodal swap bodies must have an ownership code and by July all of them must bear a standard-conforming placard.
Containers are transferred between rail, truck, and ship by container cranes at container terminals. Forklifts, reach stackers, straddle carriers, and cranes may be used to load and unload trucks or trains outside of container terminals.
Swap bodies, sidelifters, tilt deck trucks, and hook trucks allow transfer to and from trucks with no extra equipment. ISO-standard containers can be handled and lifted in a variety of ways by their corner fixtures, but the structure and strength of foot type E containers limits their tolerance of side-lifting, nor can they be forklifted, based on ISO Containers can be transported by container ship, truck and freight trains as part of a single journey without unpacking.
Units can be secured in transit using 'twistlock' points located at each corner of the container. Every container has a unique BIC code painted on the outside for identification and tracking, and is capable of carrying up to 20—25 metric tons. Costs for transport are calculated in twenty-foot equivalent units TEU. When carried by rail, containers may be carried on flatcars or well cars.
The latter are specially designed for container transport, and can accommodate double-stacked containers. However, the loading gauge of a rail system may restrict the modes and types of container shipment. The smaller loading gauges often found in European railroads will only accommodate single-stacked containers.
In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, there are sections of the rail network through which high-cube containers cannot pass, or can pass through only on well cars. On the other hand, Indian Railways runs double-stacked containers on flatcars under 25 kVoverhead electrical wires. The wires must be at least 7. China Railway also runs double-stacked containers under overhead wires, but must use well cars to do so, since the wires are only 6. Between and , an average of 2, containers were reported lost at sea.
Containers can also be transported in planes, as seen within intermodal freight transport. However, transporting containers in this way is typically avoided due to the cost of doing such and the lack of availability of planes which can accommodate such awkwardly sized cargo.
There are special aviation containers, smaller than intermodal containers, called Unit load devices. There are many established methods and materials for stabilizing and securing intermodal containers loaded on ships, as well as the internal cargo inside the boxes. Conventional restraint methods and materials such as steel strapping and wood blocking and bracing have been around for decades and are still widely used. Polyester strapping and lashing, and synthetic webbings are also common today.
Dunnage bags also known as 'air bags' are used to keep unit loads in place. Flexi-bags can also be directly loaded, stacked in food-grade containers. Indeed, their standard shape fills the entire ground surface of a 20' ISO container. Intermodal containers which contain valuables can be the target of break-ins and burglary when left unattended.
In these cases, the container may be fitted with a security system consisting of a motion detector and panel inside the container. The panel can trigger a siren, strobe, or light to deter intruders, or use a radio signal to alert security guards.
Items that were packed incorrectly may come loose and cause a false response from an inside motion detector. If criminals break in by cutting through a wall of the container, the obstructed motion detector becomes useless.
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