Container guide
Container types & buying guide
Twelve ISO container types with their sizes and masses, a short history, how the corners are set out — and a plain-spoken guide to buying a container without getting burnt.
Guides
Container Types Overview
Every twistlock and lashing fitting is chosen to match a container — so before picking hardware, know the box: its dimensions, its door open
A Short History of the Container
How a single steel box reshaped world trade, and why the corner castings it settled on outlasted everything else about it.
Before You Buy a Container
What to check before you pay for a container — condition grades, the CSC plate, and the frauds to watch for, from someone with no container
Corner Casting Setout
The ISO 1161 corner-casting positions every twistlock, socket and lifting fitting here is built to match.