Suitable for sea, road and rail transportation, ISO tank containers are reusable and have a robust design. See transport modes. Manage product temperature Incorporated in their design, ISO tanks feature an insulated, protective layer which minimizes the impact of heat when in transit. For food or chemical products that require heating. SUPER INSULATED TANK CONTAINERS ∕ Used to extend the temperature hold time and reduce temperature loss or gain from loading temperature. ∕ An option when a separate heating system is not preferred. Tanks are fitted with coils to heat or cool with glycol, water or steam. Custom build or modification to existing tank containers. Suretank established in 1995 in Ireland to supply offshore chemical tanks to the North Sea, the company is now a global supplier of offshore tanks and offshore containers and the largest manufacturer of DNV 2.7-1 certified products and the only company to produce ALL products to DNV standards.

A 40-foot long (12.19 m) shipping container. Each of the eight corners has an essential twistlock fitting for hoisting, stacking, and securing

In 2012 there were over 20 million intermodal containers in the world.

T11 ISO tank container (for non-hazardous chemicals) T14 ISO tank container (for hazardous chemicals and acids like HCl and zinc chloride) T50 ISO tank container (for LPG and ammonia gas) T75 ISO tank Container ( for Cryogenic liquids ) SWAP tank container (for cargo above 26,000 to 32,000 metric tons or 25,600 to 31,500 long tons or 28,700 to. Short term and long term lease of tank containers for liquids and gasses Tank Container types: STANDARD / SWAP BODY / SPECIALIZED / GAS / BITUMEN. ISO tank container capacity: 9,000- 26,000 liters; ISO tank container design temperature: -40°C – +130°C; ISO tank container working pressures from 4 to 22bar; ISO tank container design standard：ISO and ASME standards, British LR, French BV, American ABS and Chinese CCS certifications with competitive price.

Approximately 95% of tank containers are built to 20ft specifications although they are also available as 10ft, 30ft, 40ft and 45ft containers. The ISO frame allows for these tank containers to be shipped using modern inter-modal shipping options which include container ships, rail lines and trucks. The Hoover Ferguson standard ISO tank containers are large stainless steel pressure vessels held within a 20-foot ISO frame that are used for the transportation and storage of bulk liquids. These units are specially designed for repeat use in the transportation of bulk liquid product. 4.3 The tank container has been specially tested and approved for a stacking load of 86400 kg per corner post, which corresponds to nine-high stacking. 4.4 The tank container fulfils the performance specification of the following International Organization’s regulations and recommendations and is supplied with their Approvals / Registrations. The internal dimensions and door openings of all Hapag-Lloyd containers correspond to ISO standards. However, the dimensions mentioned on the following pages are nominal figures. Because of production tolerances, a difference in measurement is possible: Length Width Height mm ft mm ft mm ft mm ft mm ft mm ft Dimensions 20' 6,058 40' 12,192 45.

Extra long 53 ft (16.15 m) × 9 ft 6 in (2.9 m) 'High-Cube' container with an internal height of 110 in (2,794 mm)

Freight train carrying containers through West Kingman Canyon, Arizona

Making containers stackable made loading and transport on large ships feasible and efficient

An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.^[1] Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products efficiently and securely in the global containerized intermodal freight transport system, but smaller numbers are in regional use as well. These containers are known under a number of names, such as simply container, cargo or freight container, ISO container, shipping, sea or ocean container, sea van or (Conex) box, sea can or c can.^{[nb 1]}

Intermodal containers exist in many types and a number of standardized sizes, but ninety percent of the global container fleet are so-called 'dry freight' or 'general purpose' containers,^[2]^[3]durable closed steel boxes, mostly of either twenty or forty feet (6.1 or 12.2 m) standard length.^[2]^[4] The common heights are 8 feet 6 inches (2.6 m) and 9 feet 6 inches (2.9 m) – the latter are known as High Cube or Hi-Cube containers.^[5]

Just like cardboard boxes and pallets, these containers are a means to bundle cargo and goods into larger, unitized loads, that can be easily handled, moved, and stacked, and that will pack tightly in a ship or yard. Intermodal containers share a number of key construction features to withstand the stresses of intermodal shipping, to facilitate their handling and to allow stacking, as well as being identifiable through their individual, unique ISO 6346 reporting mark.

In 2012, there were about 20.5 million intermodal containers in the world of varying types to suit different cargoes.^[4]^{[nb 2]} Containers have largely supplanted the traditional break bulk cargo – in 2010 containers accounted for 60% of the world's seaborne trade.^[7]^[8] The predominant alternative methods of transport carry bulk cargo – whether gaseous, liquid or solid – e.g. by bulk carrier or tank ship, tank car or truck. For air freight, the lighter weight IATA-defined unit load device is used.

6Non-standard and uncommon sizes
9Transport
10Securing and security
11Non-shipping uses

History[edit]

Transferring freight containers on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS; 1928)

Freight car in railway museum Bochum-Dahlhausen, showing four different UIC-590 pa-containers

In 1975, many containers still featured riveted aluminum sheet and post wall construction, instead of welded, corrugated steel.^[9]

By the 1830s, railways across several continents were carrying containers that could be transferred to other modes of transport. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the United Kingdom was one of these. 'Simple rectangular timber boxes, four to a truck, they were used to convey coal from the Lancashire collieries to Liverpool, where they were transferred to horse-drawn carts by crane.'^[10] Early versions of standardized containers were used in Europe before World War II. Construction of these containers had a steel frame with wooden walls, floor, roof and doors.

The first international standard for containers was established by the Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (B.I.C.) in 1933, and a second one in 1935, primarily for transport between European countries. American containers at this time were not standardized, and these early containers were not yet stackable – neither in the U.S. nor Europe. In November 1932, the first container terminal in the world was opened by the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company in Enola, PA. The development of containerization was created in Europe and the US as a way to revitalize rail companies after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, in New York, which resulted in economic collapse and a drop in all modes of transport.^[11]

In April 1951 at Zürich Tiefenbrunnen railway station, the Swiss Museum of Transport and the Bureau International des Containers (BIC) held demonstrations of container systems for representatives from a number of European countries, and from the United States. A system was selected for Western Europe, based on the Netherlands' system for consumer goods and waste transportation called Laadkisten (lit. 'Loading bins'), in use since 1934. This system used roller containers for transport by rail, truck and ship, in various configurations up to 5,500 kg (12,100 lb) capacity, and up to 3.1 by 2.3 by 2 metres (10 ft 2 in × 7 ft 6¹⁄₂ in × 6 ft 6³⁄₄ in) in size.^[12]^[13] This became the first post World War II European railway standard of the International Union of Railways – UIC-590, known as 'pa-Behälter.' It was implemented in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, West Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark.^[14]

The use of standardized steel shipping containers began during the late 19

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