2 Types of Containers

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Indian Maritime University

• BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

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Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes

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3.1.2 Types of Containers

(3.1.2.1 their payloads & capacity)

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGEBlock no. 1 Cargo handling and Care Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Twenty footer• Forty footer• High cube• Open top• Tanktainer• Half height• Insulated• Refrigerated• Flat rack• Bulktainer• Fantainer

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General Purpose Container

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Twenty footer, Forty footer, Forty-five footer • High cube

These are General Purpose containers (GP) orStandard Dry Vans which accounts for the large majority and is used for most general cargo commodities.

The standard external height is 8.5 feet although 9.5 feet (High cube) is becoming common. The standard external width is fixed at 8 feet for all units.

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G.P. Containers (20 / 45) Loaded on top of 2 twenty-footers

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G.P. Containers (40 / 45) Loaded on top of a forty-footer

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High Cube ContainerHeight of container is 9 feet 6 inches

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Standard ContainerInternal view

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Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care



• Twenty footer & Forty footer• Forty-five footer & High cube

The General Purpose containers may be modified

to have doors on the side instead of at end of the container.

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Side loading doors

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Side loading doors (opened)

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Special containers

in 20 / 40 are provided for

specific carriage requirements as listed

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Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes3.1.2 Types of Containers

Special containers• Open top and Half height• Flat rack and Platforms• Tanktainer, Bulktainer, Fantainer• Ventilated : Highly, Sides, Top, • Refrigerated and Insulated• Dry vans fitted for home, office, equipment.

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Open Top Container (OT)

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• Open top : Soft detachable roof tarpaulin for machinery requiring top loading and over height cargo.

• Half height : Open top, for high density cargoes such as ingots, drums, heavy steelwork.

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• Half height container : Efficiency factor Since there is practically no difference in maximum gross weights between full height (8.5 feet) and half-height (4.25 feet) containers, it is of mutual advantage to both shipper and container line to ship the cargo in a full height slot using two half height containers loaded with high density cargo.

The shipper is able to ship twice the amount of cargo within a single full height slot, and the Line gets freight for two half-height containers.

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O.T. Half-height Container

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• Flat racks : No side walls or roof. Ends may be collapsible. Used for out of gauge cargoes and restricted loading situations.

• Platforms : Flat bed with or without corner castings. Limited numbers of high rated equipment, over-length cargoes and special projects

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Flat Rack (FR) (Container)

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Platform (Container)

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Platform (Container)Flat bed without corner castings

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Cargo on F.R. container

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Lashings of cargo on F.R. Also shows 40-foot spreader

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Auto carrier (Flat Rack)Used for transporting vehicles after landed

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Stack

Of

Auto

Flat

Racks

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Platform (Container) Tram cab loaded on platform

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Project cargo on Platform

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• Tanktainer : Tank within an ISO frame of various types. For liquid cargoes in bulks including food-stuff and hazardous cargoes.

• Bulktainer : Top loading ports and door discharge shoot. For dry cargoes in bulk such as malt, sugar.

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Tanktainer (Tank Container)

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Bulktainer (Bulk Container)

Top loading, Lower end discharging tilt

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Bulktainer (Bulk Container) Top loading ports and bottom door discharge

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Bulktainer (Not a Tanktainer)

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• Fantainer : Extractor fan fitted. For agricultural products requiring ventilation such as onions, potatoes.

• Highly ventilated : Side vents along top and bottom rails. For hygroscopic cargoes such as coffee, cocoa, tobacco, seeds.

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Fantainer (Fan Container)Exhaust fan fitted

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Highly Ventilated container

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• Open sides : Side gates and side curtains. For agricultural products requiring ventilation, livestock, and side loading.

• Top ventilated : Side vents along top rails. For hygroscopic cargoes such as coffee, cocoa, tobacco, seeds.

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Ventilated containers

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Top Ventilated container

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Ventilated containers Vents on sides

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Open sides half-height Container

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Open sides Container Fork lift in use

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Horsetainer (Open Sides) Used to transport live horses

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Ventilated containers

Livestock carrier

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Live stock container Used to transport live animals

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Indian Maritime UniversityBNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGEBlock no. 1 Cargo handling and Care Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Refrigerated : Integral refrigeration, electrically powered self-contained unit for transport of perishables world-wide to connection to terminals and ships electrical power sockets.

• Insulated : Has top and bottom end ports and connects to ships or port’s refrigeration system. Used for reefer cargoes on specialized ships operating in Australia / New Zealand, South Africa trades

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Refrigerated Container (Reefer)

Integrated Refrigerating Machinery

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Insulated containerAll sides and top & bottom are insulated

No refrigerating machinery with container

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• Dry vans fitted for home, office, storage.

Modified containers are used commonly for mobile self-contained homes, as on-site offices and for various uses such as a generator van when mounted on a chassis.

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Customized ContainerContainer used as home

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Customized ContainerContainer used as office

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Customized ContainerContainer used as office or home

Internal view

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Customized ContainerContainer housing industrial vacuum unit

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