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A '''container''' is a truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading into a vessel, a rail car or stacked in a container depot. | A '''container''' is a truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading into a vessel, a rail car or stacked in a container depot. | ||
| − | Containers may be [[Ventilation|ventilated]], [[Insulation|insulated]], [[Refrigeration|refrigerated]] (these are commonly called '''reefers'''), flat rack, vehicle rack, open top, bulk liquid or equipped with interior devices. A container may be 20 feet, 40 feet, 45 feet, 48 feet or 53 feet in length, 8'0" or 8'6" in width, and 8'6" or 9'6" in height.<ref>[http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration]</ref> | + | Containers may be [[Ventilation|ventilated]], [[Insulation|insulated]], [[Refrigeration|refrigerated]] (these are commonly called '''reefers'''), flat rack, vehicle rack, open top, bulk liquid or equipped with interior devices. A container may be 20 feet (this is the standard used to measure container equivalents, commonly referred to as '''twenty-foot equivalent units''' or '''TEUs'''), 40 feet, 45 feet, 48 feet or 53 feet in length, 8'0" or 8'6" in width, and 8'6" or 9'6" in height.<ref>[http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration]</ref> |
In some areas of the world, old containers (specifically those no longer suitable for transport) are repurposed to provide housing. | In some areas of the world, old containers (specifically those no longer suitable for transport) are repurposed to provide housing. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:09, August 12, 2023
A container is a truck trailer body that can be detached from the chassis for loading into a vessel, a rail car or stacked in a container depot.
Containers may be ventilated, insulated, refrigerated (these are commonly called reefers), flat rack, vehicle rack, open top, bulk liquid or equipped with interior devices. A container may be 20 feet (this is the standard used to measure container equivalents, commonly referred to as twenty-foot equivalent units or TEUs), 40 feet, 45 feet, 48 feet or 53 feet in length, 8'0" or 8'6" in width, and 8'6" or 9'6" in height.[1]
In some areas of the world, old containers (specifically those no longer suitable for transport) are repurposed to provide housing.
See also
- Infrastructure
- Just in Time distribution systems
- Reefer (container)
- Systems of support
- Straddle carrier