Inland container
An inland container is a container that is optimally designed for the transport of goods on Euro pallets . The inland container is used in intra-European traffic, especially in European inland shipping .
The inside width is 2,440 mm and is therefore matched to the dimensions of Euro pallets (1,200 mm × 800 mm) (either two across or three lengthways). The external width is usually 2,500 mm and thus corresponds to the European standard for road traffic, but is 62 mm more than the width of the ISO standard container (2,438 mm). There are 20 foot (6,055 mm), 30 foot (9,125 mm) and 40 foot (12,190 mm) inland containers.
The usable loading weight is around 18 tons for the 20 'container and around 27 tons for the 40' container; the containers are designed to be stacked a maximum of six times.
The internationally used ISO containers, on the other hand, leave a lot of space unused when using Euro pallets, as their internal width is 2,330 mm. On the other hand, the inland container does not fit on sea-going container ships that are designed for ISO containers.
advantages
The advantage of using inland containers lies in the better utilization of the floor space and thus higher capacity when using euro pool pallets. In a conventional 40'-ISO container (also referred to as a sea container) z. B. only 24 pallets can be transported, while the 40 'inland container allows the transport of 28 pallets, about 16% more. In the case of the 20 'container, the ratio is even 11 pallets (ISO container) to 14 pallets (inland container), so here the inland container enables the transport of 27% additional cargo (based on the number of pallets). In addition, the use of inland containers also saves the use of fillers or other types of load securing in order to prevent the euro pallets from slipping (especially during sea transport), since the euro pallets fill the inland container flush, while in the ISO container when loading euro pallets the incompatible dimensions inevitably create the mentioned free spaces.
disadvantage
The biggest disadvantage is the lack of compatibility with most seagoing container ships, which handle the vast majority of intercontinental container traffic (hence the name inland containers ). Despite the very small additional width (62 mm), only a few sea-going container ships can now also transport inland containers at regular parking spaces; alternatively, only expensive transport is usually offered as oversized freight.
Further prospects
The EU Commission plans (as of 2013) to increase the maximum length for semi-trailers in Europe by 11 cm in order to enable the road transport of 45 'ISO containers (13,716 mm external length). Inland containers already exist for this length, instead of just 27 Euro pallets (regular 45 'ISO container), they can transport 33 Euro pallets (15 × 2 across, 1 × 3 lengthways = 13,200 mm with 13,556 mm inside length), which corresponds to 22% more .
53 ′ container
The 53 'containers used in North American inland traffic can also load two Euro pallets side by side with an interior width of 2.515 m; With an inner length of 16.002 m, this results in a very large capacity of 40 Euro pallets (20 × 2 across) ( dimensions of the 53 'container ). However, this is currently of little practical importance, since Euro pallets are hardly common in North America, while 53 'containers are not allowed to be regularly transported on the road in Europe due to their size. In North America, on the other hand, the 53 'container, initially only used in land-based transport (road / rail), is increasingly developing into a new standard in combined transport (road / rail / sea) after shipping companies have started to place spaces on their ships for longer and longer to create wider containers.
Individual evidence
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- ^ Richard Vahrenkamp and Herbert Kotzab: Logistics: Management and strategies , Oldenbourg Verlag, 2012
- ↑ http://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/eu-kommission-will-lkw-masse-fuer-45-fuss-container-anhaben-1126999.html
- ↑ http://exportlogisticsguide.com/apl-introduces-53-foot-ocean-containers/
