Many type of air cargo containers are offered. These are designed in various sizes and irregular shapes to conform to the inside dimensions of a specific aircraft.Container of Carriers or Shippers : The term Carrier(s) Container(s) or Shipper(s) Container(s) means containers over which the carrier or the shipper has control either by ownership or by the acquisition thereof under lease or rental from container companies or container suppliers or from similar sources. Carriers are prohibited from purchasing, leasing or renting shipper owned containers.Container Ship : Ocean going ship designed to carry containers both internally and on deck. Some are self-sustaining.Container, Bulk Cargo : Bulk container is a container fitted with manholes to facilitate loading of bulk cargo though gravity.Container, FCL : The full container load consists of cargoes meant for one party, i.e., consignee only. The cargo is stuffed at shipper’s warehouse and is de-stuffed at consignee’s warehouse, the responsibility of stuffing. stowing of cargo inside the container is of the shipper.Container, Flat Rack or Flat : Flat rack or flat container is a container having its base only. Usually a cargo of odd size and weight is put on to this container and is lashed to it.Container, Freight-General Purpose defined : A freight container is rectangular shape, weather proof, for transporting and storing a number of unit loads, packages or bulk material, that confines and protects the contents from loss or damage, that can be separated from the means of transport, handled as a unit load and transshipped without re-handling the contents.Container, Freight : The international Organisation for Standardization (ISO) defined a freight container as: “An article of transport equipment: (a) of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use, (b) specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading. (c) fitted with devices permitting its ready handling particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another. (d) so designed as to be easy to fill and empty, (e) having an internal volume of lm3 (35.3 cu. ft.) or more.”Container, Garments : A garment container is fitted with hangers which helps a garment dealer to stuff a large number of garments in hangers inside the containers.Container, Gas : Gas containers are especial containers used to carry gas.Container, General Cargo : General cargo container is the most representative type of general cargo that does not require temperature control; it occupies an overwhelming percentage of the total number of containers and is called dry cargo container. It is generally of the closed van type with a door at one end.Container, LCL : LCL means less than container load. The container consists of cargoes meant of different parties. The carrier collects cargoes from various shippers and stuffs all of them into a container at the pier. At destination, the carrier’s Agents de-stuff the cargoes from the container and deliver the cargoes to respective consignees.Container, Liquid : Liquid containers are usually made of stainless steel and have manholes for loading/unloading liquid cargo.Container, Ocean : Are designed to moved inland on its own chassis and can be loaded at the shippers plant for shipment overseas. Basic types of containers are dry van, open top, half high, hi cue, flat rock, tank container, refrigerated container, insulated container, tilting container. Average outside dimensions are generally 20, 35 and 40 feet in length, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high standard.Container, Open : The open container is one having no roof and usually provided with a polythene lined tarpaulin to cover the container. The advantage of this container is that heavy machineries, structures, etc. can be easily hoisted by a crane and put inside the container through its open roof.Container, Special Types : Special containers such as bulk container, tank container open top container side open container, car container, pen container or livestock container, refrigerated containers etc. (refer containers).Container, Standard Dry Cargo for : A standard dry cargo container is container of box type with a door one end, Sometimes containers are provided with side doors i.e., the entire side of the containers can be opened for easier stuffing/de-stuffing. These types of containers are useful when stuffing/de-stuffing is to be done when container is mounted on a wagon or trailer. There are various dry specials like open top[ container, flat racks or flats, bulk container, garment containers ventilated containers, etc.Container, Steel : They are cheapest, they can be more easily repaired and they can resist damage.Container, Thermal : Container, Thermal : Thermal container is designed for cargo requiring refrigerated or insulated storage, covered overall with material of low heat transfer such as polystyrene foam and is classified into three types:Refrigerated (or reefer) container (for cooled foodstuffs, meat, fish, vegetables, etc.).Insulated container for fruit, vegetables etc., Here dry ice is used as a cooling medium.Ventilated container allows for the passage of air by means of apertures on sides or ends, for cargo that requires respiration such as fruit or vegetable.20. Container, Ventilated : The ventilated containers are containers having some means of ventilation required for carriage of special cargo like tea, coffee, etc. These cargoes are liable to sweat if carried in closed box type containers.

A corporation set up by Indian Railways to coordinate and manage container movements and ICDs in India. The corporation is subsidiary of Indian Railways, working with close cooperation and guidance of the Ministry of Commerce.

The Term CFS at loading port means the location designated by carriers for the receiving of cargo to be packed into containers by the carrier. At discharge ports, the term CFS means the bonded location designated by carriers in the port area for unpacking and delivery of cargo.

The rear portion of the ship’s area is known as marshaling yard and is used to pre-stack a limited number of export containers as buffer stock for loading and also to pre-stack limited number of import containers after being discharged from vessels and prior to their removal to container stacking yard.Ship Areas, Container Terminal : This comprise a quay line where the container vessels are berthed. Usually modern container terminals are provided with gantries which are heavy cranes required to handle containers. These gantries are generally mounted on rails and move to and from along the entire length and breadth of the container vessels. The gantries are usually fitted with automatic spreader for faster handling of container which is not possible of the if the individual containers are to be manually slung to the gantries. The modern container terminals usually have gantries with carrying capacity of 35-50 meters. The output of a gantry in a modern terminal is estimated at 20/25 TEUs per hour.Stacking Yard or Container Yard, Container Terminal : This is the area where the import containers are transferred from marshaling yard and stored until they are taken to container freight station, inland container depots, consignee’s warehouses, etc. Similarly, this is the area where export containers are brought from the ship operators warehouses, ICD, CFS, etc. prior to being moved to marshaling yard./quay line for being loaded on board a vessel. Usually the yard is divided into various sub-divisions meant for stacking empties, export containers, import containers and quite often, a separate yard is provided for separate ship-owners.Content Rate : A Fire Insurance term which refers to the Insurance rate on the contents of the building rather than the building themselves.

Location designated by Carrier in the port terminal area for receiving assembling, holding, storing and delivering containers, and where containers may be picked up by shippers or re-delivered by consignees. No container yard (CY) shall be a shipper’s, consignee’s, NVOCC’s or a forwarders place of business, unless otherwise provided.

Is a concept for the ultimate utilizing of cargo used by both steamship lines and air cargo lines. Containers allows a greater amount of cargo protection from weather, damage and theft.

Contamination damage to goods occurs on account of stowing fine and edible goods with cargoes giving of fumes and strong smells, due to use of strong smelling disinfectants in cleaning the holds, due to improper cleaning of holds or due to use of dunnage which was used in the earlier voyages with such cargo as oils and other strong smelling commodities. Foodstuffs are especially susceptible to damage by such contamination.