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Description of 20ft,40ft & 40ft HQ size Containers. Dry/Gp,Open,Flat Rack,Open top and reefer type.

June 03, 2019

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Origin of shipping Containers

Container Origin Vessel Unloading & Loading operation in 18th century. Unknown - State Library of South Australia, available at http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4433 Transferring freight containers on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS; 1928).jpg Before the invention of container, goods would be loaded onto a vehicle from the factory and taken to a port warehouse where they would be offloaded and stored until loaded into a vessel. When the vessel arrived, they would be moved to the side of the ship along with other cargo to be lowered or carried into the hold and packed by dock workers. The ship might call at several other ports before off-loading a given consignment of cargo. Each port visit would delay the delivery of other cargo. Delivered cargo might then have been offloaded into another warehouse before being picked up and delivered to its destination. The process was so messy and time bounded that makes shipping a goods bec

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Description of 20ft,40ft & 40ft HQ size Containers. Dry/Gp,Open,Flat Rack,Open top and reefer type.

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