Shipping and Transport College Rotterdam Container basics Container Basics • • • Container construction Container types Container marks and numbers Objectives • • • • • • What is a container Describe the components Describe materials used ISO standards Describe test for containers Describe the types of containers Benefits of containerization • • • • • Creates a unit load for rapid cargo handling Protects cargo packages Reduces risks to cargo Encourages door to door transport Provides economical cost effective transport A container has to be • Strong enough to be repacked many times • Change transport modes without unpacking and • • recapping Allows easy handling Easily packed and unpacked Freight container = Dry box Freight Container • • • • • Weatherproof rectangular box Transport and stores cargo Confines and protects contents Separable from means of transport Handled as unit load ISO International Standarisation Organisation ISO-standards Width: 2.438 / feet • • • • • • • • • Length m / 10 ft m / 20 ft m / 30 ft 12m/ 40 ft Height 2.438 m / feet 2.591 m / feet inches < 2.438 m / < feet Twenty feet Equivalent unit TEU Empty Depot 20 feet high stacking Mafi with 40 feet FR open ends 20 feet Reefer Integral 40 feet Reefer Integral Tank Container Test Container Bulk Container Half Height = Bin Container Specials High Ventilated Platform [...]... door end, from the back Frame Materials • High tensile steel • Corten steel Floors • • • • • • • • • 1 Cross members 2 Forklift pockets 3 Floor 4 Entrance plate Steel Aluminum Wood Plywood Bamboo Side and Roof Materials • Steel • Aluminum • Corten steel • High tension steel Gooseneck tunnel • Special for trucks Container Construction (Dis) Advantages of Steel • • • • • • • • • • • • For Welded, watertight