An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal...
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Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g...
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lines are involved in intermodal freight transport as part of international trade. This is a list of the 30 largest container shipping companies as of...
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for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually...
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A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a...
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A container port or container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation...
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container chassis, also called intermodal chassis or skeletal trailer, is a type of semi-trailer designed to securely carry an intermodal container....
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Shipping containers, including: Corrugated boxes, made of corrugated fiberboard Intermodal containers, a.k.a. ship container or cargo container Twenty-foot...
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Containerization (redirect from Container shipping)
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers). Containerization, also...
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world's busiest container ports (ports with container terminals that specialize in handling goods transported in intermodal shipping containers), by total...
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Twenty-foot equivalent unit (redirect from TEU standard container)
capacity, often used for container ships and container ports. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal...
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A refrigerated container or reefer is an intermodal container (shipping container) used in intermodal freight transport that is capable of refrigeration...
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at container terminals for loading and unloading intermodal containers from container ships. Container cranes consist of a supporting framework that can...
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Freight transport (category Intermodal containers)
containerized. Multimodal transport featuring containerized cargo (or intermodal container) that is easily transferred between ship, rail, plane and truck....
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Shipping container architecture is a form of architecture that uses steel intermodal containers (shipping containers) as the main structural element....
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A tank container or tanktainer is an intermodal container for the transport of liquids, gases and powders as bulk cargo. It is built to the ISO standards...
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Conex box (redirect from Conex container)
form the standard intermodal shipping container, often called an ISO box, after ISO 668/ISO 6346, that is used widely by container shipping companies...
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advantage of economies of scale and reduce expense as part of intermodal freight transport. Container ships are also subject to certain limitations in size....
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The United States has more than 20 container ports around its coastline. Dredging of east coast ports are under way because of the New Panama Canal expansion...
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2,015 = 28,210 ton-miles of freight (equal to about 41,187 tkm). Intermodal container traffic is commonly measured in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs)...
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those of standard shipping drums and intermodal tank containers, hence the title "intermediate" bulk container. IBC totes are authorized per Title 49...
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The Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (originally French: Bureau International des Conteneurs, still abbreviated BIC, English:...
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Flatcar (redirect from Container on Flatcar)
They are also often used to transport intermodal containers (shipping containers) or trailers as part of intermodal freight transport shipping. Aircraft...
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Containerized housing unit (category Intermodal containers)
planes, and trucks that are capable of transporting intermodal freight transport cargo. Container housing units are related to the site and land occupied...
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Stowage plan for container ships or bay plan is the plan and method by which different types of container vessels are loaded with containers of specific standard...
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Storage (section Containers)
cask storage, for storing high-level radioactive waste Food storage Intermodal container, cargo shipping Storage tank Mail storage, storage by mail or delivery...
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Virginia International Gateway (VIG) at Portsmouth, Virginia and one intermodal container transfer facility (dry port): Virginia Inland Port (VIP) at Front...
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Double-stack rail transport (redirect from Double stack container trains)
rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers. Invented in the United States...
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Well car (redirect from Container Stack Railcar)
intermodal car/container car), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight...
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Straddle carrier (category Intermodal containers)
carriers is in port terminals and intermodal yards, where they are used for stacking and moving ISO standard containers. The carrier straddles its load...
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