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Shipping Containers


Shipping Container terminology.


A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with "intermodal freight container," a container designed to be moved from one mode of transport to another without unloading and reloading.

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Permanent link Shipping Containers - Modification date 2021-08-18 - Creation date 2019-12-20