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Classification of Containers

Containerisation is the packing of cargo into large dedicated boxes enabling multiple units of cargo to be handled simultaneously. This has increasingly facilitated the transportation of cargo since 1970s.

The development of intermodal transportation and containerization are mutually inclusive, self-strengthening and rely of a set of driving forces linked with technology, infrastructures and management. One of the initial issue concerned the different sizes and dimensions of containers used by shipping lines, which were a source of much confusion in compiling container shipping statistics. A lift could involve different volumes since different box sizes were involved. As a result, the term TEU (Twenty foot Equivalent Unit) was first used by Richard F. Gibney in 1969, who worked for the Shipbuilding & Shipping Record, as a comparative measure. Since then, the TEU remains the standard measure for containerized traffic.

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