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joseph_h
Michigan, United States

Are you looking for safety or accident prevention information on ISO containers, cargo hazards, packaging, or load securing in general? You will find a vast amount of such information online at the following web sites:

Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. (GDV) the German Insurance Association (GDV eV) has put its Container Handbook online (English or German version). This online handbook is probably the most extensive source of information currently available on intermodal containers and container shipping.

If you have anything to do with ISO container shipping or handling, this is definitely the container bible. You will find information here that probably exists no where else. Excellent subject material, photos, and illustrations.

The online materials can be used for in house non-commercial (not for profit) training. Review the legal notice link.

If you do not use ISO containers, you may want to review this site anyway as the subject material is fascinating. You think you have logistics problems?

Google: GDV CONTAINERHANDBOOK or GDV CONTAINERHANDBUCH

A printed copy of the GDV Container Handbook is currently available in German. A printed English version should be available by the end of 2006. The handbook consists of three volumes (approximately 1500 pages total).

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Another resource provided by Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft e.V. (GDV) the Transport Information Service (TIS) from the German Insurance Association (GDV eV) is their online information on cargo properties, packaging, load securing, etc.

Google: TRANSPORT INFORMATION SERVICE GDV or TIS GDV

If you are responsible for shipping materials by truck, rail, or marine, you will find this information invaluable. Excellent subject material, photos, and illustrations.

If you need a good laugh, you can stroll through several pictorial lessons featuring shipping stupidity.

Posted 25 Jun 2006 08:54 AM

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InventoryOps
Wisconsin, United States

Thanks Joseph
Those are some excellent resources.

Posted 1 Jul 2006 00:50 AM

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budcoh
Ohio, United States

This has nothing to do with your post. However, you always seem to have the answers. I made a note to myself that "TEU" is no longer the "standard" unit of measure for containers. I must have read it somewhere but can't remember. Can you cite an authoritative reference for this - if it's true or otherwise shed some light?

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Posted 6 Jul 2012 09:45 AM

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johnr_j
Georgia, United States

Here is a copy & paste of a "TEU" I found on the internet.

Twenty-foot equivalent unit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A 20-foot-long (6.1 m) ISO container equals 1 TEU.
The twenty-foot equivalent unit (often TEU or teu) is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals.[1] It is based on the volume of a 20-foot-long (6.1 m) intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes of transportation, such as ships, trains and trucks.[1]
One TEU represents the cargo capacity of a standard intermodal container, 20 feet (6.1 m) long and 8 feet (2.44 m) wide.[1] There is a lack of standardisation in regards to height, ranging between 4 feet 3 inches (1.30 m) and 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m), with the most common height being 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m).[2] Also, it is common to designate 45-foot (13.7 m) containers as 2 TEU, rather than 2.25 TEU.[3]

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Posted 6 Jul 2012 10:07 AM

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joseph_h
Michigan, United States

budcoh -

Here is a good overview on container sizing.

Google: interfreight.co.za/container_information.html

FEU is another term that is used to reference 40 footers.

Modified 13 Jul 2012 01:52 AM
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budcoh
Ohio, United States

Joseph: Thanks. The reference you cited contained one line that was most likely the source of the statement that the acronym "TEU" is no longer the STANDARD for containers as more and more are shifting to the forty-foot "FEU" size. Wikipedia isn't necessarily "authoritative" but I suspect that's where my information came from. And, that's what I was looking for in the first place.

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Posted 13 Jul 2012 07:02 AM

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