Term:
Container
Definition:
Special box to carry freight, strengthened and stackable and allowing horizontal or vertical transfers. This transport equipment is:
- Of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use;
- Specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods, by one or more mode of transport, without intermediate reloading;
- Fitted with devices permitting its ready handling, particularly its transfer from one mode of transport to another;
- Designed to be easily filled and emptied;
- Stackable;
- Having an internal volume of 1 m3 or more.
Domain:
Transport
Source:
Eurostat