A transport facility, comprising a transport vehicle and a container shelf, wherein the transport vehicle travels along a front face of the container shelf provided with a plurality of levels of shelf portions arranged in a vertical direction and configured to support containers, thereby transporting the containers; the containers being configured to be stackable in the vertical direction; and the transport vehicle comprising: a support region where a container is supported; a first transfer apparatus that inserts/ takes the container into/ out of the container shelf; and a second transfer apparatus that loads/ unloads the container on/ from the support region; wherein the second transfer apparatus is configured such that a container can be moved to the support region so as to allow a plurality of the containers to be supported in a stacked state in the support region, characterized in that the first transfer apparatus is provided with a support portion configured to support the container and is capable of raising/ lowering the support portion, and the first transfer apparatus is configured to, in a state in which the support portion has been raised/ lowered to a transfer height corresponding to the shelf portion to receive the transfer, insert/ take the container into/ out of that shelf portion, and the transfer height corresponding to the lowermost shelf portion is set to a height where the container is supported by the support portion, at a position lower than the container arranged lowermost in the support region. the containers being configured to be stackable in the vertical direction; and the transport vehicle comprising: a support region where a container is supported; a first transfer apparatus that inserts/ takes the container into/ out of the container shelf; and a second transfer apparatus that loads/ unloads the container on/ from the support region; wherein the second transfer apparatus is configured such that a container can be moved to the support region so as to allow a plurality of the containers to be supported in a stacked state in the support region, characterized in that the first transfer apparatus is provided with a support portion configured to support the container and is capable of raising/ lowering the support portion, and the first transfer apparatus is configured to, in a state in which the support portion has been raised/ lowered to a transfer height corresponding to the shelf portion to receive the transfer, insert/ take the container into/ out of that shelf portion, and the transfer height corresponding to the lowermost shelf portion is set to a height where the container is supported by the support portion, at a position lower than the container arranged lowermost in the support region. a support region where a container is supported; a first transfer apparatus that inserts/ takes the container into/ out of the container shelf; and a second transfer apparatus that loads/ unloads the container on/ from the support region; wherein the second transfer apparatus is configured such that a container can be moved to the support region so as to allow a plurality of the containers to be supported in a stacked state in the support region, characterized in that the first transfer apparatus is provided with a support portion configured to support the container and is capable of raising/ lowering the support portion, and the first transfer apparatus is configured to, in a state in which the support portion has been raised/ lowered to a transfer height corresponding to the shelf portion to receive the transfer, insert/ take the container into/ out of that shelf portion, and the transfer height corresponding to the lowermost shelf portion is set to a height where the container is supported by the support portion, at a position lower than the container arranged lowermost in the support region.