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2. Crate - Wikipedia

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   A crate used to transport ordnance. A crate is a large shipping container, often made of wood, typically used to transport or store large, heavy items. Steel and aluminium crates are also used. Specialized crates were designed for specific products, and were often made to be reusable, such as the "bottle crates" [ 1] for milk [ 2] and soft drinks.

3. Shipping container - Wikipedia

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   A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with ...

4. Wooden box - Wikipedia

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   Wooden box. Wooden box with full cleated ends (Style 2) Man with wooden box or chest, 1625. A wooden box is a container made of wood for storage or as a shipping container . Construction may include several types of wood; lumber (timber), plywood, engineered woods, etc. For some purposes, decorative woods are used.

5. Bulk box - Wikipedia

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   A bulk box, also known as a bulk bin, skid box, pallet box, bin box, gaylord, or octabin, is a pallet -size box used for storage and shipping of bulk or packaged goods. [1] Bulk boxes can be designed to hold many different types of items such as plastic pellets, watermelons, electronic components, and even liquids; some bulk boxes are stackable.

6. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   For the packaging in general, see Shipping container. A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. Each of its eight corners has an essential corner casting for hoisting, stacking, and securing. Containers stacked on a large ship. An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a ...

7. Intermodal freight transport - Wikipedia

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   Containers, also known as intermodal containers or ISO containers because the dimensions have been defined by ISO, are the main type of equipment used in intermodal transport, particularly when one of the modes of transportation is by ship. Containers are 8-foot (2.4 m) wide by 8-foot (2.4 m) or 9-foot-6-inch (2.90 m) high.