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Container

1) A "box", typically ten to forty feet long, which is used primarily for ocean freight shipments. For travel to and from ports, containers are loaded onto truck chassis’ or on railroad flatcars. 2) The packaging, such as a carton, case, box, bucket, drum, bin, bottle, bundle, or bag, that an item is packed and shipped in.

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