Intermodal Container - Types

Types

Variations on the standard container exist for use with different cargoes including refrigerated container units for perishable goods, tanks in a frame for bulk liquids, open top units for top loading and collapsible versions. Containerised coal carriers, and 'bin-liners' (containers designed for the efficient road/rail transportation of rubbish from cities to recycling and dump sites) are used in Europe.

Container types:

  • Collapsible ISO
  • Flushfolding flat-rack containers for heavy and bulky semi-finished goods, out of gauge cargo
  • Gas bottle
  • Generator
  • General purpose dry van for boxes, cartons, cases, sacks, bales, pallets, drums in standard, high or half height
  • High cube palletwide containers for europallet compatibility
  • Insulated shipping container
  • Refrigerated containers for perishable goods
  • Open top bulktainers for bulk minerals, heavy machinery
  • Open side for loading oversize pallet
  • Platform or bolster for barrels and drums, crates, cable drums, out of gauge cargo, machinery, and processed timber
  • Rolling floor for difficult to handle cargo
  • Swapbody
  • Tank container for bulk liquids and dangerous goods
  • Ventilated containers for organic products requiring ventilation
  • Garmentainers for shipping garments on hangers (GOH)

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