Category Archives: Container facts

New Equipment Currently Arriving

Posted on May 11, 2012

GVCT UK have the following new container types arriving in depots in Southampton, London, Felixstowe, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds 20 foot full side access shipping containers in RAL5010 blue with floor mounted lashing rings   New 20′ high cube (9’6″) … Continue reading →

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How is the check digit of a container calculated?

Posted on September 21, 2011

The owner code consists of three capital letters of the Latin alphabet to indicate the owner or principal operator of the container. Such code needs to be registered at the Bureau International des Conteneurs in Paris to ensure uniqueness worldwide … Continue reading →

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Inventor of the ‘twist-lock’ dies

Posted on August 29, 2011

Keith Tantlinger, who died on August 27 aged 92, developed the technology that launched containerised shipping – in the process redrawing the global economic map by transforming the way cargo is moved internationally. The story of containerisation began in the … Continue reading →

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