Indian Maritime University

• BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

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Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes

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Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes

3.1.2 Types of Containers

(3.1.2.1 their payloads & capacity)

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Twenty footer
• Forty footer
• High cube
• Open top
• Tanktainer
• Half height
• Insulated
• Refrigerated
• Flat rack
• Bulktainer
• Fantainer

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General Purpose Container

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Twenty footer, Forty footer, Forty-five footer

• High cube

These are General Purpose containers (GP) or

Standard Dry Vans which accounts for the large majority and
is used for most general cargo commodities.

The standard external height is 8.5 feet although 9.5 feet

(High cube) is becoming common.
The standard external width is fixed at 8 feet for all units.

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G.P. Containers (20 / 45)
Loaded on top of 2 twenty-footers

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G.P. Containers (40 / 45)
Loaded on top of a forty-footer

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 High Cube Container
Height of container is 9 feet 6 inches

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Standard Container
Internal view

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Twenty footer & Forty footer

• Forty-five footer & High cube

The General Purpose containers may be modified

to have doors on the side
instead of at end of the container.
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Side loading doors

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Side loading doors (opened)

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE

Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

Special containers
in 20 / 40 are provided for
specific carriage requirements as listed

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

Special containers
• Open top and Half height
• Flat rack and Platforms
• Tanktainer, Bulktainer, Fantainer
• Ventilated : Highly, Sides, Top,
• Refrigerated and Insulated
• Dry vans fitted for home, office, equipment.
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Open Top Container (OT)

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Open top : Soft detachable roof tarpaulin for

machinery requiring top loading and over height
cargo.

• Half height : Open top, for high density cargoes

such as ingots, drums, heavy steelwork.

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Half height container : Efficiency factor

Since there is practically no difference in maximum gross
weights between full height (8.5 feet) and half-height (4.25
feet) containers, it is of mutual advantage to both shipper and
container line to ship the cargo in a full height slot using two
half height containers loaded with high density cargo.

The shipper is able to ship twice the amount of cargo within

a single full height slot, and the Line gets freight for two
half-height containers.

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O.T. Half-height Container

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Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Flat racks : No side walls or roof. Ends may be

collapsible. Used for out of gauge cargoes and
restricted loading situations.

• Platforms : Flat bed with or without corner

castings. Limited numbers of high rated equipment,
over-length cargoes and special projects

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Flat Rack (FR) (Container)

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Platform (Container)

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 Platform (Container)
Flat bed without corner castings

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Cargo on F.R. container

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Lashings of cargo on F.R.
Also shows 40-foot spreader

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 Auto carrier (Flat Rack)
Used for transporting vehicles after landed

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Stack
Of
Auto
Flat
Racks

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 Platform (Container)
Tram cab loaded on platform

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Project cargo on Platform

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Tanktainer : Tank within an ISO frame of various

types. For liquid cargoes in bulks including food-
stuff and hazardous cargoes.

• Bulktainer : Top loading ports and door discharge

shoot. For dry cargoes in bulk such as malt, sugar.

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Tanktainer (Tank Container)

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 Bulktainer (Bulk Container)
Top loading, Lower end discharging tilt

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 Bulktainer (Bulk Container)
Top loading ports and bottom door discharge

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Bulktainer (Not a Tanktainer)

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Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Fantainer : Extractor fan fitted. For agricultural

products requiring ventilation such as onions,
potatoes.

• Highly ventilated : Side vents along top and

bottom rails. For hygroscopic cargoes such as
coffee, cocoa, tobacco, seeds.

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Fantainer (Fan Container)
Exhaust fan fitted

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Highly Ventilated container

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Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Open sides : Side gates and side curtains. For

agricultural products requiring ventilation, livestock,
and side loading.

• Top ventilated : Side vents along top rails. For

hygroscopic cargoes such as coffee, cocoa, tobacco,
seeds.

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Ventilated containers

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Top Ventilated container

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Ventilated containers
Vents on sides

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Open sides half-height Container

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Open sides Container
Fork lift in use

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Horsetainer (Open Sides)
Used to transport live horses

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Ventilated containers
Livestock carrier

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Live stock container
Used to transport live animals

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Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Refrigerated : Integral refrigeration, electrically

powered self-contained unit for transport of
perishables world-wide to connection to terminals
and ships electrical power sockets.

• Insulated : Has top and bottom end ports and

connects to ships or port’s refrigeration system.
Used for reefer cargoes on specialized ships
operating in Australia / New Zealand, South Africa
trades

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Refrigerated Container (Reefer)

Integrated Refrigerating Machinery

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 Insulated container
All sides and top & bottom are insulated
No refrigerating machinery with container

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BNA 023 CARGO HANDLING & STOWAGE
Block no. 1 Cargo handling and Care
Unit No. 3 Containerized Cargoes
3.1.2 Types of Containers

• Dry vans fitted for home, office, storage.

Modified containers are used commonly for
mobile self-contained homes, as on-site
offices and for various uses such as a
generator van when mounted on a chassis.

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Customized Container
Container used as home

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Customized Container
Container used as office

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 Customized Container
Container used as office or home
Internal view

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 Customized Container
Container housing industrial vacuum unit

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Bon voyage

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