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Do you know? 7 Trivia about containers

Published by December 09,2019

1. Only about half of the containers are owned by the shipping company, and the rest of the containers are operated by lease, with lease periods ranging from 1 to 10 years.

 

 

2. If the IOS tank is used to load food, other types of goods can no longer be loaded, as is the IOS tank that has been loaded with chemicals, so as to avoid cargo contamination.

 

 

3. The IOS tank that has been loaded with chemicals, the type of chemicals that can be transported next time depends on the types of chemicals that were transported in the first three times.

 

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4. Maersk Line has 270,000 refrigerated containers and is the only shipping company equipped with GPS on refrigerated containers.

 

 

5. Refrigerated containers (freezers) do not produce cold air. Normally, they can only maintain the temperature of the cargo and cannot help the cargo return to its original temperature.

 

 

6. About 97% of all containers in the world are made in China.

 

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7. After proper maintenance of the container, the general service life is about 30 years. The service life of a 40-foot container is often higher than that of a 20-foot container, because a 20-foot container is often overloaded.

 

 

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