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-standardsWidth: 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 • < 2.438 m / < 8 feet

Twenty feet Equivalent unit

TEU

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

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.

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 • Stiff, rigid • Tough • Easily repaired • Cheap • Resistant to solvents• Against • Heavy • Rusts • Corrodes • Difficult to insulate

(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

Maximum Gross Mass (Ratings)

• 10 feet 10,160 kg • 20 feet 24,000 kg • 30 feet 25,400 kg • 41 feet 30,480 kg

Payload = Rating - Tare Mass

Length

• 10 feet ( Offshore ) • 20 feet • 35 feet ( Sealand ) • 40 feet • 45 feet • Growing to 48 feet and even 52 feet

Wide

• 8 feet • Europe wants two pallets wide

Height

• 8 feet ( almost phased out ) • 8.6 feet • 9.6 feet ( High Cubes )

Container Types

20 feet Dry Box

40 feet Dry Box

20 feet Open Top

40 feet Open Top

Open Top Removable Top

20 feet Flatrack Fixed Ends

20 feet Flatrack One Open End

40 feet Flatrack Fixed

40 feet Flatrack Folding

40 feet Flatrack Folding

40 feet Flatrack one open end

40 feet FRFixed

40 feet FROpen ends

Stack of old 40 feet FR Folded

45 feet Dry Box

Empty Depot 20 feet9 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

HighVentilated

Platform