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A brief history of shipping containers: The basic purpose of a container is to speed up the loading and unloading of cargo. They were first used in the 1950s. The freight forwarding industry are the single main users of ISO containers; generally there are two sizes - 20ft or 40ft ISO CSC plated marine shipping containers that are used for shipping cargo.
What are the common names used to describe ISO marine shipping containers?
Here is a list;
20ft Containers
40ft Containers
Boxes
Cargo Containers
Shipping Containers
Steel Shipping Containers
Storage Containers
You should fully consider your need for buying or renting steel shipping containers before you make your final decision about who to buy or rent shipping containers from and how many and for how much money you should spend on your new or used shipping containers.
What types of ISO marine shipping containers are available?
Here is a list;
Open-tops - as you would expect these open on the top
Half heights - non-standard size containers
Reefers - these are refrigerated containers, temperature controlled
Insulated containers - these are containers that have a reduced tendency to condensation
Cheapest is not always best, even if you believe a broken down old container costing £100 less may be worth the risk - always ensure that the container will provide you with what you need for the length of time you need it. Sale and rental of new and used steel shipping containers can be offered as short term container rentals and long term container rental. Hiring a steel shipping container static storage and secure on site storage is very common and often the perfect use for a container. 40ft containers and 20ft marine storage containers are the most common sizes. You need not pay too much for a good container and they can often be cheap or cheaper than you might imagine.
Conversion of shipping containers for new uses are very environmentally friendly, they are cost effective for office containers, work-shops, secure storage, construction site offices, laboratories, kitchens, canteens, shower blocks, toilet blocks - the list is endless. Sales of new and used 40 foot and 20 foot steel ISO shipping containers. New and used shipping containers are are generally wind and water tight. Damaged containers can be repaired and once again be in a shippable state - or cargo-worthy. Depending on your requirements you should specify to your supplier precisely how you intend to use your container - your supplier should then be able to supply you with a suitable shipping container - for shipping or for storage. The most reliable shipping containers are new containers - but they naturally cost the most money. Insulated or uninsulated? The cost goes up for insulated containers.
The delivery of containers to the loading point and on to the port of departure is an important consideration. The logistics involved can often be complex and potentially expensive. A good shiping container supplier will arrange the freight forwarding of goods to their destination. Using special equipment to transport and off-load the container - for example Hiab (or Hi-Ab) vehicles or heavy lift side loading vehicles and full size cranes or other special rquipment may be needed - the costs for these arrangements can vary widely according to your particular circumstances
Your shipping ISO container sales or ISO container hire requirements should be fully discussed with your supplier and freight forwarder.
New and used steel shipping containers for sale at an affordable price steel shipping container rentals, so you can rent the steel shipping container for as long as you require. In other words, buying your container may not be the most cost effective method to get one - consider hiring your container short-term or long-term.
New or used steel shipping containers should be of a suitable quality or standard and should be guaranteed to do the job they were designed for. Steel shipping containers can be leased, purchased or on a 'hire to buy' arrangement whether the steel storage containers are new or used.
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SHIPPING CONTAINER INFORMATION
Logistics Management is crucially important to success
Cargo shipping
In the shipping container industry, there are a great number of
terms you should be familiar with in order to understand containers
and shipping information. These relate to container dimensions,
container capacity, container rating, tare mass, payloads, container
tare mass, container payload, general purpose containers, dry cargo
containers. reefers, refrigerated containers, tare weight, tares,
container markings, container classifications, half height containers,
TEU, twenty-foot equivalent unit, knots, cellular container ships, CBM,
cubic measurements. container services, standard containers, hicube,
high cube containers, cargo cubes, global shipping, import-export
shipping, logistics, logistics management, logistics supports, shipping
space, shipping order, S/O. shipping permits, shipping notes, dock
receipts, master ships, mother ships, feeder vessels, transhipment,
transshipment, transit shipment, dead freight, seaports, ports. freight
forwarders, consolidators, freight consolidators, customs brokers,
customs forwarders, brokers, customhouse brokers, customs house brokers,
voyage, flight. groupage operators, shipping operators, shipping firms,
shipping company, air shipping, ocean shipping, carriers, freight
company, transport company, ETA, ETD, ETS. transportation, transports,
ocean shipping company, freight containers, couriers, airlines, tariffs,
custom tariffs, shipping dangerous goods, shipping schedules. air
containers, ocean containers, shipping containers, container load, LCL,
full container load, FCL, marine insurance, cargo insurance,
import-export insurance. NVOCC, nonvessel operating common carriers, NVO,
nonvessel owner carriers, nonvessel owning carriers, ocean freight
consolidator, steamship.
Container Dimensions and Capacity
Containers intended for intercontinental use have external nominal
dimensions of:
| Length |
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9.8125 feet (2.991m) as 10 feet;
19.875 feet (6.058m) as 20 feet;
29.9375 feet (9.125m) as 30 feet; and
40 feet (12.192m)
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| Width |
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8 feet (2.438m)
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| Height |
----- |
8.5 feet (2.591m) and
9.5 feet (2.896m) |
All the above dimensions have permissible tolerances.
The 20 feet (20') and 40 feet (40') containers are very
popular in ocean freight. The 8.5 feet (8.5') high container---8
feet 6 inches (8' 6") high container---is often
referred to as standard container.
The demand for the high cube container---hicube---is
increasing. The popular high cube container has a normal height of 9.5
feet (9.5' or 9' 6").
There are half height containers (4.25' or 4'
3" high) designed for heavy loads such as steel rods and ingots,
which absorb the weight limit in half the normal space.
The most widely used type of container is the general
purpose (dry cargo) container having a nominal length and height of 20'
x 8.5', 40' x 8.5', and 40' x
9.5'. Referring to the below, the dimensions are not fixed,
in other words the external and internal
dimensions may vary among containers of the same length and height.
The container capacity is the total cube a container
can accommodate. The term cube or HQ often refers to the cubic
measurement of cargo. The capacity (i.e., the internal volume) is
determined by multiplying the internal dimensions, that is, the product
of internal length, width and height. The capacity may vary among
containers of the same length and height.
Rating, Tare Mass and Payload of
Containers
Rating
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Rating is the maximum gross mass (or weight), that is, the
maximum permissible weight of a container plus its contents. The
rating of a 20' dry cargo container is 24,000 kgs.
(52,900 lbs.), and a 40', including the high cube container,
is 30,480 kgs. (67,200 lbs.).
- Tare Mass
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Tare Mass---tare weight or tare---is the
mass (or weight) of empty container, including all fittings and
appliances used in a particular type of container in its normal
operating condition.
The tare mass of containers may vary due to the
different construction techniques and materials used in the
container. A 20' x 8.5' dry cargo container may weigh 1,800 kgs.
to 2,400 kgs., a 40' x 8.5' may weigh 2,800 kgs. to 4,000
kgs, and a 40' x 9.5' may weigh 3,900 kgs. to 4,200
kgs. Some dry cargo containers may fall outside the indicated
weight range. The reefer weighs more than a dry cargo container of
the same size.
- Payload
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Payload is the maximum permitted mass (or weight) of
payload, including the dunnage and cargo securement arrangements
that are not associated with the container in its normal operating
condition. Therefore, Payload = Rating - Tare Mass.
If the tare mass of a 20' dry cargo container is 2,400
kgs. and a 40' is 3,900 kgs., the payload of 20' is 21,600 kgs.
(i.e., 24,000 kgs. minus 2,400 kgs.) and 40' is 26,580 kgs. (i.e.,
30,480 kgs. minus 3,900 kgs.). However, the exporter may be
prohibited to have that much payload in areas where there are legal
limitations to the overall load of a vehicle.
In exporting, it is common to encounter a payload of
17,500 kgs. or less in the 20' container, and 24,000 kgs. or less in
the 40' container.
The Marking and Identification of
Containers
The rating, tare mass and payload of a container is
marked on its wall, usually on the end (rear) door in the case of an
end-loading dry cargo container.
Each container has an identification code or container number---a
combination of the 4-letter characters that identify the owner (the
operator of container) and the 7-numeric characters that identify the
container. The container number can be found on the outer and inner side
walls.
The container number is entered on the bill of lading to
facilitate the identification and tracking of the container and the
cargo.
Dimension of General Purpose
Containers
Dimensions of Standard ISO Marine
Shipping Containers
| CONTAINER |
Capacity |
Recommended
Load Volume |
Nominal
Dimension |
Length |
Width |
Height |
Cubic
Feet |
Cubic
Meter |
Cubic
Feet |
Cubic
Meter |
| External |
20' |
8' |
8' 6" |
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| 6.096 m |
2.438 m |
2.591 m |
| Internal |
19' 4.25" |
7' 8.625" |
7' 10" |
1170
cft |
1000
cft |
| 5.899 m |
2.353 m |
2.388 m |
33.131 cbm |
28 cbm |
| External |
40' |
8' |
8' 6" |
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| 12.192 m |
2.438 m |
2.591 m |
| Internal |
39' 5.375" |
7' 8.625" |
7' 10" |
2385
cft |
2050
cft |
| 12.024 m |
2.353 m |
2.388 m |
67.535 cbm |
58 cbm |
| External |
40'
Hicube |
8' |
9' 6" |
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| 12.192 m |
2.438 m |
2.896 m |
| Internal |
39' 5.375" |
7' 8.625" |
8' 10" |
2690
cft |
2350
cft |
| 12.024 m |
2.353 m |
2.692 m |
76.172 cbm |
66 cbm |
| NOTE: |
Containers with the same external length may not
have exactly the same internal length and width. |
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The Recommended Load Volume (RLV) refers to
the suggested maximum cube to use in calculating a full
container load. The RLV can be about 10-15% less than the
container capacity, depending on the dimensions. |
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Rear view of 20' x 8.5'
container
Miscalculated capacity may result in a large empty and unusable
space or a shortage in space. For example (see 20' x 8.5'
container diagram on the left), the master cartons have a
uniform height of 20 inches, and the length and width are
greater than the height. If 1170 cubic feet is used to calculate
a 20' full container load, most likely some cartons will not fit
despite the empty space of about 170 cubic feet. You cannot
stuff the remaining cartons into the remaining 14" high
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SHIPPING CONTAINERS and STORAGE
considerations - Successful Logistics
Management
Throughout the shipping container industry, there are a great number
of terms you should be familiar with in order to understand containers
and shipping information. These relate to Container
packings, export corrugated cartons, export wooden cases, export boxes,
export bales, container dimensions, import-export packings, import
packs. export packages, import packages, pallets, pallet orientation,
palletized cargo, import-export drums, bags, wooden cases, wooden
crates, shipping pallets, pallet stowing. packing orientation, package
orientation, TEU, twenty-foot equivalent unit, CBM, cubic measurements,
knots, cellular container ships, multimodal transport, combined
transport bill of lading, through bill of lading. Forwarders, freight
forwarders, consolidators, freight consolidators, customs forwarders,
container classifications, box, LO/LO, lift on, lift off, ISO, ISO
freight containers, International Organization for Standardization.
platform, flat racks, general cargo containers, specific cargo
containers, general purpose containers, dry cargo containers, closed
ventilated containers, container ventilation, open top containers,
thermal container, reefers, freight reefers. insulated container,
refrigerated containers, heated containers, tank containers, dry bulk
containers, unit load device, ULD, IATA, International Air Transport
Association, air containers, ocean containers, shipping containers,
container load, LCL, full container load, FCL. TEU, twenty-foot
equivalent unit, knots, cellular container ships, multimodal transport,
combined transport bill of lading, through bill of lading, CBM, cubic
measurements. container services, standard containers, hicube, high cube
containers, cargo cubes, global shipping, import-export shipping,
logistics, logistics management, logistics supports, shipping space,
shipping order, S/O. Shipping permits, shipping notes, dock receipts,
master ships, mother ships, feeder vessels, transhipment, transshipment,
transit shipment, dead freight, seaports, ports. freight forwarders,
consolidators, freight consolidators, customs brokers, customs
forwarders, brokers, customhouse brokers, customs house brokers, voyage,
flight. groupage operators, shipping operators, shipping firms, shipping
company, air shipping, ocean shipping, carriers, freight company,
transport company, ETA, ETD, ETS. transportation, transports, ocean
shipping company, freight containers, couriers, airlines, tariffs,
custom tariffs, shipping dangerous goods, shipping schedules. air
containers, ocean containers, shipping containers, container load, LCL,
full container load, FCL, marine insurance, cargo insurance,
import-export insurance. NVOCC, nonvessel operating common carriers, NVO,
nonvessel owner carriers, nonvessel owning carriers, ocean freight
consolidator, and steamship.
Containers efficient packing
Corrugated Cartons, Wooden
Cases/Boxes, and Bales
The basic information on how to efficiently pack
(load) the containers is being discussed here. There are several
container-loading software in the market in which the exporters and
shippers may use to generate the efficient way of packing (loading) the
containers.
The cube relation, that is, the dimension of export
pack in relation to the internal dimensions of the container, is used to
efficiently pack a container ready for shipping.
Refer to the diagram below, a regular-shaped export pack
(carton) has six different possible orientations as follows:
Export Pack
Orientation
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| (1) |
A || D |
B || W |
C || H |
| (2) |
A || D |
B || H |
C || W |
| (3) |
A || H |
B || W |
C || D |
| (4) |
A || W |
B || D |
C || H |
| (5) |
A || H |
B || D |
C || W |
| (6) |
A || W |
B || H |
C || D |
LEGEND:
- "||" means parallel to
- "A" represents the external length
of carton
- "B" represents the external width
of carton
- "C" represents the external height
of carton
- "D" represents the internal length
(deep) of container
- "W" represents the internal width
(wide) of container
- "H" represents the internal height
of container
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The orientation or a combination of orientations that
allows the greatest number of packs or the highest multiple of packs is
the most efficient method of packing.
Referring to the method (A)
of stowing the container is the export pack orientation (1)
shown above, the method (B) is the
orientation (4), and the method (C)
is the combination of orientations (1)
and (4). The product DX demands the
stowage of cartons in an upright position. Other orientations cannot be
used as the product could be damaged.
Further to the above case sample, assume that the product
DX can be stowed in any orientation. The different multiples of carton
(of the product DX) that can be packed into a 40' x 8.5'
standard dry cargo container, based on the external dimension of
carton
A = 18"
B = 12"
C = 12"
and the internal dimension of 40' container
D = 473"
W = 92"
H = 94"
are as follows:
Export
Pack
Orientation |
Multiple
of Carton |
Total
No. of Cartons |
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| (1) |
|
D |
A |
= 26 |
26 x 07
x 07 |
= 1,274 |
| W |
B |
= 7 |
| H |
C |
= 7 |
| (2) |
|
D |
A |
= 26 |
26 x 07
x 07 |
= 1,274 |
| H |
B |
= 7 |
| W |
C |
= 7 |
| (3) |
|
H |
A |
= 5 |
05 x
07 x 39 |
= 1,365 |
| W |
B |
= 7 |
| D |
C |
= 39 |
| (4) |
|
W |
A |
= 5 |
05 x
39 x 07 |
= 1,365 |
| D |
B |
= 39 |
| H |
C |
= 7 |
| (5) |
|
H |
A |
= 5 |
05 x
39 x 07 |
= 1,365 |
| D |
B |
= 39 |
| W |
C |
= 7 |
| (6) |
|
W |
A |
= 5 |
05 x
07 x 39 |
= 1,365 |
| H |
B |
= 7 |
| D |
C |
= 39 |
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Export pack orientations (3)
to (6) have the highest number of
cartons, thus are the most efficient way of packing. In practice, the
orientations (1), (4),
and a combination of (1) and (4)
are often used.
