1. Shipping and Transport College Rotterdam
Container basics

2. Container Basics Container construction Container types
Container marks and numbers

3. Objectives What is a container Describe the components
Describe materials used
ISO standards
Describe test for containers
Describe the types of containers

4. 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

5. 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

6. Freight container = Dry box

7. Freight Container Weatherproof rectangular box
Transport and stores cargo
Confines and protects contents
Separable from means of transport
Handled as unit load

8. International Standarisation Organisation
ISO
International Standarisation Organisation

9. ISO-standards Width: 2.438 / 8 feet
Length
3 m / 10 ft
6 m / 20 ft
9 m / 30 ft
12m/ 40 ft
Height
2.438 m / 8 feet
2.591 m / 8 feet 6 inches
< m / < 8 feet

10. Twenty feet Equivalent unit
TEU

12. 1 Side walls
2 Roof
3 Base
4 End wall = Front
5 End Doors = Back

14. Connection corner fittings/corner castings
End frames
1 Corner posts
2 Top end rail
3 Bottom end rail
Sides
top side rails
bottom side rails
Left : view from door end, from the back.

15. Frame Materials
High tensile steel
Corten steel

22. Floors 1 Cross members 2 Forklift pockets 3 Floor 4 Entrance plate
Steel
Aluminum
Wood
Plywood
Bamboo

24. Side and Roof Materials
Steel
Aluminum
Corten steel
High tension steel

26. Gooseneck tunnel
Special for trucks

27. Container Construction

29. (Dis) Advantages of Steel
For
Welded, watertight
Stiff, rigid
Tough
Easily repaired
Cheap
Resistant to solvents
Against
Heavy
Rusts
Corrodes
Difficult to insulate

30. (Dis)Advantages of Aluminum
For
Light weight
Resistant to corrosion by air Flexible
Easily insulated
Against
Expensive
Needs extra support
Needs steel frame
Corroded by acids
Tears easily
Needs riveting / bolting Expensive to repair

31. Maximum Gross Mass (Ratings)
10 feet 10,160 kg
20 feet 24,000 kg
30 feet 25,400 kg
41 feet 30,480 kg

32. Payload = Rating - Tare Mass

42. Length 10 feet ( Offshore ) 20 feet 35 feet ( Sealand ) 40 feet
Growing to 48 feet and even 52 feet

43. Wide
8 feet
Europe wants two pallets wide

44. Height
8 feet ( almost phased out )
8.6 feet
9.6 feet ( High Cubes )

45. Container Types

46. 20 feet Dry Box

47. 40 feet Dry Box

48. 20 feet Open Top

49. 40 feet Open Top

50. Open Top Removable Top

51. 20 feet Flatrack Fixed Ends

52. 20 feet Flatrack One Open End

53. 40 feet Flatrack Fixed

54. 40 feet Flatrack Folding

55. 40 feet Flatrack Folding

56. 40 feet Flatrack one open end

57. 40 feet FR Fixed

58. 40 feet FR Open ends

59. Stack of old 40 feet FR Folded

60. 45 feet Dry Box

62. Empty Depot 20 feet 9 high stacking

64. Mafi with 40 feet FR open ends

65. 20 feet Reefer Integral

66. 40 feet Reefer Integral

67. Tank Container

68. Test Container

69. Bulk Container

70. Half Height = Bin Container

71. Specials

72. High Ventilated

74. Platform