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Shipping and Transport

College Rotterdam

Container basics

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Container Basics

Container construction

Container types

Container marks and numbers

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Objectives

What is a container

Describe the components

Describe materials used ISO standards

Describe test for containers

Describe the types of containers

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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

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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

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Freight container = Dry box

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Freight Container

Weatherproof rectangular box

Transport and stores cargo

Confines and protects contents Separable from means of transport

Handled as unit load

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ISO

International StandarisationOrganisation

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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

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Twenty feet Equivalent unit

TEU

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1 Side walls

2 Roof

3 Base

4 End wall = Front

5 End Doors = Back

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Connection corner fittings/cornercastings

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.

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Frame Materials

High tensile steel

Corten steel

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Floors

1 Cross members

2 Forklift pockets

3 Floor 4 Entrance plate

Steel

Aluminum

Wood Plywood

Bamboo

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Side and Roof Materials

Steel

Aluminum

Corten steel

High tension steel

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Gooseneck tunnel

Special for trucks

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Container Construction

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(Dis) Advantages of Steel

For Welded, watertight Stiff, rigid Tough

Easily repaired Cheap Resistant to solvents Against Heavy Rusts Corrodes

Difficult to insulate

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(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

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Maximum Gross Mass (Ratings)

10 feet 10,160 kg

20 feet 24,000 kg

30 feet 25,400 kg

41 feet 30,480 kg

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Payload = Rating - Tare Mass

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Wide

8 feet

Europe wants two pallets wide

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Height

8 feet ( almost phased out )

8.6 feet

9.6 feet ( High Cubes )

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Container Types

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20 feet Dry Box

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40 feet Dry Box

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20 feet Open Top

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40 feet Open Top

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Open Top Removable Top

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20 feet Flatrack Fixed Ends

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20 feet Flatrack One Open End

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40 feet Flatrack Fixed

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40 feet Flatrack Folding

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40 feet Flatrack Folding

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40 feet Flatrack one open end

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40 feet

FRFixed

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40 feet

FROpenends

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Stack of old 40 feet FR Folded

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45 feet Dry Box

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Empty Depot20 feet9 highstacking

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f f

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Mafi with 40 feet FR open ends

20 f R f I l

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20 feet Reefer Integral

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40 feet

ReeferIntegral

T k C t i

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Tank Container

T t C t i

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Test Container

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Bulk

Container

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Half Height =Bin Container

S i l

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Specials

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HighVentilated

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Platform

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