A method for the transport of containers, in particular, within a container treatment machine, which method provides at least the following steps: - supplying containers being conveyed in a transport direction and provided with equipment elements and/or equipping the particular container outsides of containers being conveyed in a transport direction with equipment elements, - holding the equipment elements in their particular positions on the containers during the conveyance of the containers to a heat treatment station, where heat and/or steam is applied to the containers, including to the particular equipment elements positioned thereon, in order to fix and/or mechanically secure the equipment elements to the containers, the equipment elements being enhanced under heat exposure and/or under steam exposure in their adhesive force to the containers and/or at least in their shrinking around the containers in circumferential direction, - wherein the equipment elements are held by at least one holding device on the particular containers, at least in some phases during the conveyance of the containers to the heat treatment station and into it, and/or at least during a partial phase of the application of heat and/or steam to the containers, including to the equipment elements, wherein the containers are conveyed by means of a transport section between an application station, where the containers are equipped with equipment elements, and the heat treatment station, wherein the at least one holding device is at least in some phases movement-synchronised with the transport section, which at least one holding device interacts with the containers and in this context secures the position of the particular equipment element arranged on the container; characterised in that the transport section extends into the heat treatment station or continues inside the heat treatment station, wherein the at least one holding device is formed by a pair of circulating belts with a contact side running substantially in vertical direction, wherein the contact side faces toward the containers and contacts the containers at least in some sections, wherein the containers are conveyed between the belts in a clamping and largely non-slipping manner in a standing position, wherein the equipment element arranged on the container forms a contact area on its outside to at least one belt and is therewith held in its position on the container. - supplying containers being conveyed in a transport direction and provided with equipment elements and/or equipping the particular container outsides of containers being conveyed in a transport direction with equipment elements, - holding the equipment elements in their particular positions on the containers during the conveyance of the containers to a heat treatment station, where heat and/or steam is applied to the containers, including to the particular equipment elements positioned thereon, in order to fix and/or mechanically secure the equipment elements to the containers, the equipment elements being enhanced under heat exposure and/or under steam exposure in their adhesive force to the containers and/or at least in their shrinking around the containers in circumferential direction, - wherein the equipment elements are held by at least one holding device on the particular containers, at least in some phases during the conveyance of the containers to the heat treatment station and into it, and/or at least during a partial phase of the application of heat and/or steam to the containers, including to the equipment elements, wherein the containers are conveyed by means of a transport section between an application station, where the containers are equipped with equipment elements, and the heat treatment station, wherein the at least one holding device is at least in some phases movement-synchronised with the transport section, which at least one holding device interacts with the containers and in this context secures the position of the particular equipment element arranged on the container; characterised in that the transport section extends into the heat treatment station or continues inside the heat treatment station, wherein the at least one holding device is formed by a pair of circulating belts with a contact side running substantially in vertical direction, wherein the contact side faces toward the containers and contacts the containers at least in some sections, wherein the containers are conveyed between the belts in a clamping and largely non-slipping manner in a standing position, wherein the equipment element arranged on the container forms a contact area on its outside to at least one belt and is therewith held in its position on the container.