page_title: Intermodal container
section_title: International standards
hierarchical_section_title: Intermodal container / International standards
caption_attribution_description: English: ISO Container (Customs-) Sealing (Bolt Sealing) Deutsch: ISO-Container (Zoll-) Plombe (Bolzensiegel)
context_page_description: An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo. Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products efficiently and securely in the global containerized intermodal freight transport system, but smaller numbers are in regional use as well. These containers are known under a number of names, such as simply container, cargo or freight container, ISO container, shipping, sea or ocean container, sea van or box, container van, sea can or c can.
  Intermodal containers exist in many types and a number of standardized sizes, but ninety percent of the global container fleet are so-called "dry freight" or "general purpose" containers, durable closed steel boxes, mostly of either twenty or forty feet standard length. The common heights are 8 feet 6 inches and 9 feet 6 inches – the latter are known as High Cube or Hi-Cube containers.
context_section_description: ASTM D5728-00 Standard Practices for Securement of Cargo in Intermodal and Unimodal Surface Transport
  ISO 668:2013 Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings
  ISO 830:1999 Freight containers – Vocabulary
  ISO 1161:1984 Series 1 freight containers – Corner fittings – Specification
  ISO 1496 – Series 1 freight containers – Specification and testing
  ISO 1496-1:2013 – Part 1: General cargo containers for general purposes
  ISO 1496-2:2008 – Part 2: Thermal containers
  ISO 1496-3:1995 – Part 3: Tank containers for liquids, gases, and pressurized dry bulk
  ISO 1496-4:1991 – Part 4: Non-pressurized container for dry bulk
  ISO 1496-5:1991 – Part 5: Platform and platform based containers
  ISO 2308:1972 Hooks for lifting freight containers of up to 30 tonnes capacity – Basic requirements
  ISO 3874:1997 Series 1 freight containers – Handling and securing
  ISO 6346:1995 Freight containers – Coding, identification and marking
  ISO 9897:1997 Freight containers – Container equipment data exchange (CEDEX) – General communication codes
  ISO/TS 10891:2009 Freight containers – Radio frequency identification (RFID) – Licence plate tag
  ISO 14829:2002 Freight containers – Straddle carriers for freight container handling – Calculation of stability
  ISO 17363:2007 Supply chain applications of RFID – Freight containers
  ISO/PAS 17712:2006 Freight containers – Mechanical seals
  ISO 18185-2:2007 Freight containers – Electronic seals
caption: ISO container seal on doorlock
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