Types of containers and containers ports, university project.

1. Collage Of International Transportation And Logistics
Cargo Handling Management
Captain: Mohamed Shafik
By: Ihab M. Tarek

2. CONTAINERS HISTORY
• Many people think the Shipping Container was invented in China -- not true. The
first shipping container was invented and patented in 1956 by an American named
(Malcolm Mc Lean).
• Mc Lean was not an ocean shipper, but was a trucker and
by 1956 he owned the largest trucking fleet in the South
and the fifth largest trucking company in all the United
States. He saved his money and bought his first truck in
1934. During those years all cargo was loaded and
unloaded in odd sized wooden crates. The process was
very slow and certainly not standardized.

3. CONTAINER SHIPS
• Container ships are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal
containers, in a technique called containerization. They are a common means of
commercial intermodal freight transport and now carry most seagoing non-bulk
cargo.
• Container ship capacity is measured in twenty-foot
equivalent units (TEU). Typical loads are a
mix of 20-foot and 40-foot (2-TEU) ISO-standard
containers.

4. LIST OF LARGEST CONTAINER SHIPS
year name Length (m) owner
2013 Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller 398 Maersk (Denmark)
2013 CMA CGM Marco Polo 396 CMA CGM (France)
2013 CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt 396 CMA CGM (France)
2013 CMA CGM Jules Verne 396 CMA CGM (France)
2006 Emma Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)
2006 Estelle Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)
2007 Eleonora Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)
2007 Evelyn Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)
2007 Ebba Maersk 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)
2007 Elly Maersk[ 397.7 Maersk (Denmark)

5. LIST OF BIGGEST CONTAINER PORTS
IN 2012
1st Port of Shanghai, China 2nd Port of Singapore,
Singapore
3rd Port of Hong Kong,
china
4th Port of Shenzhen, china
5th Port of Busan, South Korea 6th Ningbo-Zhoushan, China

6. THE BIGGEST SHIPPING COMPANIES IN
2014
• Maersk lines, Denmark
• Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSc), Switzerland
• CMA CGM, France
• Evergreen lines, Taiwan
• PIL (pacific Inc. lines)
• China Ocean Shipping Container Line (COSCO), china
• Hapag Lloyd, Germany
• CSCL
• APL
• MOL (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines), japan

7. Types of containers
Standard container
Flat rack container
With collapsible sides, these are like simple storage shipping
containers where the sides can be folded so as to make a flat
rack for shipping of wide variety of goods.
The most commonly used shipping containers; they come in various
dimensions standardized by ISO. They are used for shipping of dry
materials and come in size of 20ft, 40ft and 10ft.

8. Open top container
Tunnel container
Container storage units provided with doors on both ends of the
container, they are extremely helpful in quick loading and
unloading of materials.
With a convertible top that can be completely removed to make an
open top so that materials of any height can be shipped easily.

9. Open side storage container
Tanks
transportation of liquid materials, they are used by a huge proportion
of entire shipping industry. They are mostly made of strong steel or
other anti corrosive.
These storage units are provided with doors that can change into completely
open sides providing a much wider room for loading of materials.

10. Refrigerated containers
thermal containers
these are the shipping storage containers that come with a
regulated temperature control allowing them to maintain a higher
temperature.
These are temperature regulated shipping containers that always have a carefully controlled
low temperature. They are exclusively used for fruits and vegetables over long distances.

11. Half height containers
Car carriers
Shipping cars over long distances. They come with collapsible
sides that help a car fit snugly inside the containers without
the risk of being damaged.
Made mostly of steel. Used especially for good like coal,
stones etc. which need easy loading and unloading.

12. Special purpose containers
Intermediate bulk containers
They are designed to handle large amounts of materials
and made for purpose of shipping materials to a
destination where they can be further packed and sent off
to final spot.
custom made for specialized purposes. Mostly, they are used for high profile services like
shipment of weapons and arson. As such, their construction and material composition depends
on the special purpose they need to cater to. But in most cases, security remains the top
priority.

13. CONTAINER DIMINUTIONS

14. THANKS