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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.