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Shipping Containers

Shipping Container terminology.

A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with "intermodal freight container," a container designed to be moved from one mode of transport to another without unloading and reloading.

Topics Transportation Logistics

Terms listing

A

ACEP APCA Approved Continuous Examination Program

B

BCO Beneficial Cargo Owner BICBill of Lading Box Bulker Bureau International des ContainersBureau Veritas BV

C

Cabotage CAN Carrier Carrier Owned Container CBM Cell Guides CFS Chassis COC Container Freight Station Container Inspector Container Terminal Container Yard Corner Post CSC Plate CW Certificate CY

D

Demurrage Detention Dry Box Dry Cargo (DC)Dry Van (DV)

E

EIR Equipment Interchange Receipt

F

FAK FCL FEU Flat Rack Container Flat Rack (FR)Forty Foot Equivalent Unit Freight All Kinds Freight Forwarder

G

Garments On Hanger Gateway Gen Set General Purpose General Purpose (GP)GOH GP

H

HC High Cube Container High Cube (HC)

I

IICL Institute of International Container Lessors Insulated Shipping Container Intermodal ISO

L

Lift on-lift off LO/LO

M

Maximum Weight MGW

O

O/H O/S O/T Open Sided Open Top Open Top (OT)Over Height

P

Pallet Wide (PW)Payload

R

RAL Colour Coding Reefer Reefer Shipping Container Relay

S

Ship Owned Container Slot SOC Special Containers Spreader Swap Body

T

Tank Container (TK)TARE TEU THC Throughput Time Slot Transshipment Turnaround Time

V

Ventilated Container

W

Waybill Wind and Watertight WWT

A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S T V W

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