An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or a freight container, (or simply "container") is a large metal crate designed and built for...
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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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A container port, container terminal, or intermodal terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (originally French: Bureau International des Conteneurs, lit. 'International Container Bureau') (BIC)...
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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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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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An intermodal car is a type of rail vehicle, which may refer to: A railroad car specifically designed for transporting intermodal containers A well car...
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UMAX (category Intermodal containers)
UMAX is a domestic interline intermodal freight transport program that provides shipping and logistics of containers. The program is a partnership; its...
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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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The Box (Levinson book) (redirect from The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger)
Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger is a non-fiction book by Marc Levinson charting the historic rise of the intermodal container...
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ISO 6346 (category Intermodal containers)
the coding, identification and marking of intermodal (shipping) containers used within containerized intermodal freight transport by the International Organization...
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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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Reach stacker (category Intermodal containers)
vehicle used for handling intermodal cargo containers in small terminals or medium-sized ports. Reach stackers can transport a container short distances very...
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transportation systems to mean a specialized facility for intermodal containers (standardized shipping container) in international transport. Rather than goods being...
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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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megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity. Each Megapack is a container of similar size to an intermodal container. They are designed to be deployed by electric utilities...
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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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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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