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
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