STUDENTS:-Mite Allan-Ormaza Gabriela-Pérez Lady-Sánchez Steveen

Logistics and Physical Distribution “C”5th Semester

Lecturer: Max Galarza

TYPES OF CONTAINERS

Grade: 10

Size.-

• Containers with a unique ISO 6346 reporting mark vary from:

Lengths of 8 feet (2.44m)--- to --- 56 feet (17.07 m)Heights from 8 feet(2.44m)---- to --- 9 feet 6 inches (2.90m) [High Cube Containers]

• Standard containers are available in lengths of

10’ (3.05m)20’ (6.08m)40’ (12.19m)

• Container is a standardized reusable steel box.

• Used to store and move materials and products in the global containerized intermodal freight transport system efficiently and securely.

• 17 million intermodal containers in the world.

Containers.-

History of Containers

• 1956.- First Shipping Container, invented and patented by Malcom Mc Lean. (American)

• He was a trucker, saved his money and bought his first truck in 1934.

• All cargo was loaded and unloaded in odd sized wooden crates. Mc Lean observed that slow and inefficient process for 20 years.

• He decided to develop some standardized way of loading cargo from trucks to ships and warehouses.

History of Containers

• Mc Lean purchased Pan Atlantic Tanker Company, which owned a bunch of fairly rusted tankers, and re-named it, the new shipping company Sea-Land Shipping.

• He experimented with better ways to load and un-load trucks and ships.

• And his final design is what we know now as the Shipping Container: super strong, uniform design, theft resistant, stackable, easy to load, unload, truck, rail, ship, and certainly store

• The US military finally did what was necessary to make the ISO shipping container accepted by every shipping line and every country of the world.

Benefits:• The cost of loading freight was

reduced by more than 90%• The cost of products were reduced.• In 1956, loose cargo cost $5.86 per

ton to load. Using an ISO shipping container, the cost was reduced to only 0.16 cents per ton.

Advantages of Containers

Drawbacks of Containers

TYPES OF CONTAINERS IN ECUADOR

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DRY STORAGE CONTAINER

• Used for shipping dry goods that do not require temperature control.

• They come in different dimensions standardized by ISO.

• Ideal for manufactured products and some natural resources

• Especially suitable for heavy loads and cargo that needs loading from the top or sides.

• Manufactured from steel and come in 20 and 40 ′ ′sizes.

• Ideal for cargo difficult to handle: heavy machinery, large industrial parts and construction materials.

FLAT RACK CONTAINER

• Do not have solid roofs. They have removable bows and a weatherproof tarpaulin roof which can be secured with ropes

• Open top containers are ideal for bulky cargo such as machinery, wood, etc.

OPEN TOP CONTAINER

TANKS

• Mostly used for transportation of liquid materials: toxic, corrosive, highly combustible, and oils, milk, beer, wine, mineral water, chemicals etc.

• Mostly made of strong steel or other anti-corrosive materials providing them with long life and protection to the materials.

• Always have a carefully

controlled low temperature.• Exclusively used for shipment

of perishable substances like fruits and vegetables over long distances.

REFRIGERATED ISO CONTAINERS

CAR CARRIERS

• Units made especially for shipment of cars over long distances.

• The containers without the risk of being damaged or moving from the spot.

CONTAINER’S SUPPLIERS IN ECUADOR

MAERSK

It has been the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world since 1996

HAPAG-LLOYDS

Hapag-Lloyd is a German transportation company comprising a cargo container ship line

HAMBURG SUD

Hamburg Süd is one of the key carriers on the North-South trade routes by ocean transportation. It is part of the Oetker Group , a family-owned German conglomerate.

CCNI

Cargo container ship from Chile.Recently sold to Hamburg Sud

TITAN CONTAINER

Cargo container ship from Spain.

References

• http://www.evansdist.com/blog/2013/09/types-of-shipping-containers/

• http://www.marineinsight.com/sports-luxury/equipment/16-types-of-container-units-and-designs-for-shipping-cargo/

• http://www.isbu-info.org/all_about_shipping_containers.html

• http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gn7IoT_WSRA