The greatest success of a container lies in the standardization of its products and the resulting set of transportation systems. It is possible to standardize a behemoth with a load of several tens of tons, and on this basis, gradually realize the logistics system of ships, ports, routes, highways, transit stations, bridges, tunnels and multimodal transport on a global scale. Called one of the great miracles created by mankind in history.
The maximum length, width and height of the interior of the container. The height is the distance from the bottom surface of the box to the bottom of the top plate of the box. The width is the distance between the two inner liners. The length is the distance between the inner side of the box door and the inner wall of the end wall. It determines the internal volume of the container and the maximum size of the goods in the box.
There are many types of containers, and there are various classification methods. The following classification methods are available.
According to the type of goods loaded
There are dry cargo containers (DRY CONTAINER), bulk containers (BULK CONTAINER), liquid cargo containers, reefer containers, and some special special containers, such as automobile containers, animal husbandry containers, animal skin containers, etc.
The general cargo container is the most common container. It is mainly used for transporting general groceries. It is suitable for all kinds of containers that do not need to adjust the temperature. It is generally called a general container.
A bulk container is a container for loading various bulk goods such as powder and granular goods.
A liquid cargo container is a container for loading liquid cargo.
The reefer container is a container with a freezer device and a material with a low thermal conductivity on the inner wall for loading the containers for freezing, holding and fresh-keeping goods.
A car container is a container designed to carry a car and can be divided into two layers.
The livestock container (PEN CONTAINER) is a container designed to carry live "livestock, with ventilation, with feeding and defecation devices.
The hide container is a kind of container specially designed to carry the leakage property of the skin such as raw hide, and has a double bottom to store the leaked liquid container.