= Container Information =

== Table of Contents ==

<<TableOfContents>>

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On the side of a container will be four codes;

 * Prefix, defined which shipping line owns the container
 * Serial, similar to a car registration plate ''Note: the container number is the prefix followed by the serial number''
 * Country Code
 * ISO Code, this defines the container type
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== Container ISO Codes ==

These are 4 digit codes on the container.

=== First ISO Character, Container Length ===

||'''Container length'''||'''Code character'''||
||2991||1||
||6068||2||
||9125||3||
||12192||4||
||7150 ||A||
||7315 ||B||
||7430||C||
||7450||D||
||7820||E||
||8100||F||
||12500 ||G||
||13106||H||
||13600||K||
||13716 ||L||
||14630||M||
||14935||N||
||16154||P||

=== Second ISO Character, Container Width ===

||'''Container Height'''||||||'''Container Width'''||
|| ||'''Less than 2438mm'''|| '''More than 2438mm and less than 2500mm''' ||'''More than 2500mm'''||
||2438mm||0|| || ||
||2591mm||2||C||L||
||2743mm||5||E||N||
||2895mm||6||F||P||
||More than 2895mm||8||||||

=== Third and Fourth ISO Character ===

||'''GP'''||'''General Purpose Containers without ventilation'''||
||G0||Openings at one or both ends||
||G1||Passive vents at upper part of cargo space||
||G2||Openings at one or both ends + full openings on one or both sides||
||G3||Openings at one or both ends + partial openings on one or both sides||
||'''VH'''||'''General Purpose Containers with ventilation'''||
||V0||Non-mechanical,vents at lower and upper parts of cargo space||
||V2||Mechanical ventilation system located internally||
||V4||Mechanical ventilation system located externally||
||'''RE'''||'''RT - RS - Thermal Containers'''||
||R0||Mechanically refrigirated||
||R1||Mechanically refrigirated and heated||
||R2||Self powered mechanically refrigirated||
||R3||Self powered mechanically refrigirated and heated||
||'''HR'''||'''HI - Thermal Containers'''||
||H0||Refrigirated or heated with removable equipment located externally; heat transfer coefficient K= 0.4W / M2.K||
||H1||Refrigirated or heated with removable equipment located internally||
||H2||Refrigirated or heated with removable equipment located externally; heat transfer coefficient K= 0.7W / M2.K||
||H5||Insulated . Heat transfer coefficient K= 0.4W / M2.K||
||H6||Insulated . Heat transfer coefficient K= 0.7W / M2.K||
||'''UT'''||'''Open Top Containers'''||
||U0||Openings at one or both ends||
||U1||Idem + removable top members in end frames||
||U2||Openings at one or both ends + openings at one or both sides||
||U3||Idem + removable top members in end frames||
||U4||Openings at one or both ends + partial on one and full at other side||
||U5||Complete , fixed side and end walls ( no doors )||
||'''TN'''||'''TD - TG - Tank Containers'''||
||T0||Non dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 0.45 bar||
||T1||Non dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 1.50 bar||
||T2||Non dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 2.65 bar||
||T3||Dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 1.50 bar||
||T4||Dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 2.65 bar||
||T5||Dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 4.00 bar||
||T6||Dangerous liquids , minimum pressure 6.00 bar||
||T7||Gases , minimum pressure   9.10 bar||
||T8||Gases , minimum pressure 22.00 bar||
||T9||Gases , minimum pressure to be decided||
||'''BU'''||'''BK - Dry Bulk Containers'''||
||B0||Closed||
||B1||Airtight||
||B3||Horizontal discharge , test pressure 1.50 bar||
||B4||Horizontal discharge , test pressure 2.65 bar||
||B5||Tipping discharge , test pressure 1.50 bar||
||B6||Tipping discharge , test pressure 2.65 bar||
||'''PL'''||'''PF - PC - PS - Platform Containers'''||
||P0||Plain platform||
||P1||Two complete and fixed ends||
||P2||Fixed posts , either free-standing or with removable top member||
||P3||Folding complete end structure||
||P4||Folding posts , either free-standing or with removable top member||
||P5||Open top , open ends ( skeletal )||
||'''SN'''||'''Named Cargo Containers'''||
||S0||Livestock carrier||
||S1||Automobile carrier||
||S2||Live fish carrier||

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== Prefix guide to owners of Shipping Containers ==

||'''Shipping Container'''||'''Prefix'''||
||Atlantic Container Line||ACLU||
||Associated Container Transportation (Australia)||ACTU||
||Flexi Van Leasing New York||ADCU||
||American Export Lines Inc||AEIU||
||Australia Japan Container Line||AJCU||
||Australia National Line||ANB||
||ABC Containerline Antwerp||ANBU||
||Australai National Line||ANC||
||Australia National Line||ANE||
||Australia National Line||ANF||
||Australia National Line||ANR||
||Australia National Line||ANNU||
||Danzas SA Paris||ANZU||
||Anglo - Soviet Shipping England||ASGU||
||Australia Straits Container Line||ASLU||
||The Bank Line||BKLU||
||Bridge Line||BLPU||
||Blue Star Line||BSLU||
||Cunard Steamships London||CAMU||
||CATU Containers SA Geneva||CATU||
||Compass Container Line||CCCU||
||Container Lloyd (USA)||CLIU||
||Compagnie Generale Maritime||CGMU||
||Chep Handling Systems||CHSU||
||Container Investment Leasing Zurich||CILU||
||Container Leasing AG Basle||CLBU||
||Contship Container Lines||CLGU||
||Container Lloyd (USA)||CLIU||
||CLOU Container Leasing GmbH||CLOU||
||Container Leasing Services London||CLSU||
||Canadian National Railways Montreal||CNEU||
||Contrans Gesellschaft Fur Containerverkehr Hamburg||CONU||
||China Ocean Steamships China||COSU||
||Canadian Pacific Montreal||CPPU||
||Crusader Swire Container Services London||CSSU||
||Textainer Equipment Management SFO||CSYU||
||Cooltainer Services||CTAU||
||Genstar Container Corporation||CTIU||
||CTC (Equipment) AG Basle||CTUU||
||Containerworld Leaing Southampton||CWSU||
||Danzas SA Switzerland||DANU||
||Interpool Equipment Management SFO||DEDU||
||Textainer Equipment Management SFO||DLLU||
||Australia National Line||EAB||
||Australia National Line||EAC||
||East Asiatic Co Copenhagen||EACU||
||Australia National Line||EAE||
||Australia National Line||EAF||
||Australia National Line||EAR||
||Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ( K Line ) Kerr Corporation San Francisco||EKLU||
||Containerworld Leasing Southhampton||EICU||
||Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan||EMCU||
||K Line Japan||ESSU||
||Fairbreeze Shipping Co||FBZU||
||Freightways (Overseas) Manchester||FFFU||
||Itel Containers International USA||FLXU||
||FRC Financement et Relocation S.A||FRCU||
||Fairbreeze Shipping Co||FRSU||
||Australia National Line||FSB||
||Australia National Line||FSC||
||Australia National Line||FSE||
||Australia National Line||FSR||
||Flexi Van Leasing New York||FVIU||
||P&O Containers||GCDU||
||Flexi Van Leasing New York||GLCU||
||Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv||GLSU||
||Global Equipment Management San Francisco||GMEU||
||Genstar Container Corporation San Francisco||GSTU||
||Hapag Lloyd Hamburg||HAMU / HLCU||
||Lu Hai Developing Hong Kong||HTMU||
||ICCU Containers Italy||ICCU||
||Intermodal Equipment San Francisco||ICIU||
||Transamerica Container Leasing USA||ICSU||
||Intermodal Equipment San Francisco||IEAU||
||ICCU Container Fleet||IKKU||
||Transamerica Container Leasing USA||IKSU||
||Interpool USA||INBU||
||Textainer Equipment||IOLU||
||Itel Corporation San Francisco||ITLU||
||Johnson Line A.B||JLCU||
||Nippon Liner System||JLLU||
||Joon Liner Services Netherlands||JLSU||
||China Navigation London||JSSU||
||Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam||KNLU||
||Catu Containers Switzerland||LANU||
||Leasing Partners Netherlands Antilles||LPIU||
||Lloyde Triestino Italy||LTIU||
||Matson Leasing||MLCU||
||V/O Sovinflot Moscow||MMMU||
||Malaysian International Shipping Corporation||MNLU||
||Mistui OSK Lines Tokyo||MOLU||
||Mediterranean Shipping||MSCU||
||Interocean Leasing||NCLU||
||Neptune Orient Lines Singapore||NEPU||
||Nippon International Container Service||NICU||
||Nautilus Leasing San Francisco||NLSU||
||Neptune Orient Lines Singapore||NOLU||
||Neptune Orient Lines Singapore||NOSU||
||Neptune Orient Lines Singapore||NUSU||
||Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo||NYKE||
||Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo||NYKR||
||Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo||NYKU||
||New Zealand Line||NZLU||
||P&O Containers||OCLU||
||P&O Containers||OCPU||
||Orient Overseas Containerline Taiwan||OOLU||
||Pacifica Shipping New Zealand||PACU||
||Pacific Gates Container Line||PGOU||
||Polish Ocean Lines Poland||POLU||
||Contship Container Lines||PSBU||
||Phoenix Container Lines Hong Kong||PXCU||
||Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam||RILU||
||Australian Reefer Leasing||RLAU||
||Government of Mauritius Port Louis||RODU||
||Nedlloyd Lines||ROYU||
||Scan Carriers Hovik Norway||SACU||
||South African Marine Cape Town||SAFU||
||South African Marine Cape Town||SAMU||
||Sea Containers New York||SCDU||
||Sea Containers||SCIU||
||Sea Containers London||SCLU||
||Seaco Pacific Hong Kong||SCPU||
||Sea Containers London||SCXU||
||Sealand Services New York||SEAU||
||SSI Container Corporation San Francisco||SISU||
||Shaw Savill & Albion London||SSLU||
||Shirstar Container Transport UK||STTU||
||Hamburg Sudamerkanische Hamburg||SUDU||
||Suntory Osaka||SUNU||
||Interocean leasing||SUKU||
||Sojuzvenshtrans Moscow||SVTU||
||TCL Tankcargo Container New York||TCLU||
||Trans Container Leasing Basel||TSCU||
||Teco BmbH Hamburg||TEDU||
||Textainer Equipment||TEXU||
||Contship Containerline||TLEU||
||Trans Ocean Leasing San Francisco||TOLU||
||Tiphook Container London||TPHU||
||Triton Container San Francisco||TRIU||
||United Arab Shipping Liverpool||UACU||
||United Arab Shipping Liverpool||UASU||
||Unicorn Lines Durban||UCLU||
||Unicontainer Sri Genoa||UCSU||
||Itec Containers Intl||UFCU||
||Union Steamship Co of NZ Wellington||USCO||
||United States Lines New York||USLU||
||United Yugoslav Lines Piran||UYLU||
||Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam||VNSU||
||Textainer Equipment||WIKU||
||Wilh Wilhelmsen Oslo Norway||WWLU||
||Textainer Services U.K||XCLU||
||XTRA Inc Boston USA||XRTU||
||Yangming Marine Transport USA||YMLU||
||Nippon Liner Services||YSFF||
||Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv||ZBXU||
||Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv||ZCLU||
||Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv||ZCSU||
||Zim Israel Navigation Tel Aviv||ZIMU||