Containers

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Tatiana Gaitán
Ashly Solís
Aldo Rivera
Andrea Villamonte
Liz Coronado
 • Standard or general-purpose containers
are the most recurrent for all types of
cargo in the transport industry. 
Standard
 Capacity
Sólidos inflamables

• The most common sizes are 20 and 40

feet, and although it is scarcer, there is
availability of 10, 30, 45 and up to 53
feet.
 High Cube 
This type of container is similar to
the standard with the difference that
its height is 9.6 feet, which
characterizes them.
• The extra height makes them
ideal for light weight and large
volume loads, increasing internal
cubic capacity by 13%.
• HIGH CUBE Refrigerated: This
type of container is used in
merchandise that requires
controlled and constant
temperatures, with a refrigeration
unit to ensure the conservation of
the cargo.
 • This ones are the most used type of container in the world:
Dry Van • 90% of goods sent by sea transport are loaded into dry
containers.
 • Refrigerated containers have a preservation system to
maintain an environment or controlled temperatures,
Refeer recommended for products or foods that require a low
temperature. There are models of 20 and 40 feet or in High
Cube.
Open Top 
• It has lashing rings to secure the load
and reduce movement during the
journey, these can support up to 1,000kg
of load. 
 • This container is characterized by
having a single lateral opening,
facilitating the transport of
Open Side merchandise whose length
dimensions do not allow it to be
loaded or unloaded through the
container door.
Flexi-Tank 

A Flexitank is an alternative The Flexitank is a collapsible, The tank carries liquids and
to a tank container. hermetic sealed bag, you put depends on the walls of the
into a dry container. container for stability.
Type of Product to be Density (kg/m3) Recommended Size of
Transported Flexitank 

Latex  60 – 95 19,000 L
Polyol  1,100  19,000 L

Glycerin 1,260 20,000 L

Palm Oil 887.5 21,000 L

Olive Oil  905 22,000 L

Wine  985.7 24,000 L
 • Pallet containers consist of a wooden flatbed structure with a steel frame,
Platform completely without walls. They are ideal for supporting large weights in
small areas and have rings to tie platforms together, creating a larger one
Containers that can carry even more weight and volume. There are 20 and 40 foot
models.
Flat Rack
They are characterized by lacking a roof
and side walls that can be fixed or
removable, some even lacking front and
rear walls, they usually have a softwood
floor. They are used to transport certain
atypical loads, normally heavy and
oversized, paying the supplements
based on the excess as in the Open Top.
End walls provide enough stability so
they can be stacked on top of each
other and tie down rings on the floor,
side bars and corner posts keep cargo
secure and secure.
Tank or
Cistern
Container

•These types of containers have the same dimensions as a standard

container or Dry Van but its structure changes drastically with a
polyethylene tank inside. It is used to transport all kinds of bulk liquids,
from oils and beer to fuel or toxic chemicals.
 • Container number 
• Owner code: These are the first 3 letters and
identify the owner of the container, as registered in
the BIC.
• Category: It is the fourth letter, which turns out to
be the U in the case of ISO maritime containers.
Nomenclatures • Serial number: 6 numerical figures that the owner
chooses at will. Each container of that owner must
have a different serial number, in order to identify it
individually.
• Check digit: A single digit enclosed in a box. Similar
to what happens with bank cards, this check digit
makes it possible to verify that the sequence of a
serial number is correct.
 • Container nomenclature may vary internationally. For
example, a standard 20-foot container may be known as a
Dry Van (DV), General Purpose (GP), Standard (SD), or Dry
Container (DC). To avoid these naming conflicts, there is
the ISO Code. It is available under the serial number and
there are 4 characters that summarize some characteristics
of the container, in this way:
ISO code  • Length: The first character shows a 2 for 20-foot containers
or a 4 for 40-foot containers. 
• Height: The second shows height dimensions on a scale of
0 to 5. 
• The last 2 characters indicate special qualities of the
container.
Capacity markings
Under the ISO code, signs are provided that provide data on its gross mass and its tare
weight. 
• MGW or Maximum Gross Mass: It is the maximum weight that the full container can
add, collected in both kilograms and pounds. 
• TARE: It is the tare, that is, what the empty container weighs. Also in both units. 
• NET: The net weight that the container can hold, in kilograms and pounds. 
• CAP or Internal Volume: The capacity volume of the container, in this case collected both
in feet and in cubic meters.