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ISO 668
Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings
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AbbreviationISO 668:2020
Latest version7
668:2020
Preview versionSixth edition
2013-08-01
OrganizationInternational Organization for Standardization
CommitteeTechnical Committee ISO/TC 104: Freight containers, Subcommittee SC 1: General purpose containers

ISO 668 – Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings is an ISO international standard which nominally classifies intermodal freight shipping containers, and standardizes their sizes, measurements and weight specifications.[1]

The current version of the standard is the Seventh edition (2020), which integrates version E. The standard was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 104: Freight containers, Subcommittee SC 1: General purpose containers.[2]

Introduced in 1968, ISO 668 currently regulates both external and internal dimensions of containers, as well as the minimum door opening sizes, where applicable. Minimum internal dimensions were earlier defined by ISO standard 1894: Template:'General purpose series 1 freight containers – Minimum internal dimensionsTemplate:'.[3] Its second edition appeared in 1979, but was withdrawn, once revised by ISO 1496‑1 of 1990.[4] The current version of ISO 1496‑1 is 2013, including Amendment 1 of 2016,[5] last reviewed and reconfirmed in 2019.[6]

ISO 668 also specifies the respective associated gross weight ratings, and includes requirements for load transfer areas in the base structures of containers, since Amendment 1 of 2005.[7] Amendment 2 of 2005 then also standardized Template:Cvt length containers.[7]

The maximum gross mass (MGM) rating of laden 20- and 30-foot length units was notably increased to Template:Cvt by Amendment 1 of 2005.[7] Until then, the MGM for 20- and 30-foot boxes was Template:Cvt, and Template:Cvt respectively.

However, since Amendment 2 of 2016, the maximum gross mass for ISO-standard (Series 1) containers of all sizes, (except 10‑foot units), has until now been further increased to a maximum of Template:Cvt.[8] Draft Amendment 1 of ISO 668: 2020 – for the eighth edition – maintains this.[9] This is remarkably heavy, given that U.S. trucks, including the weight of the truck itself, are federally limited to a max gross mass of Template:Cvt – without special transport permits and regimes.

A separate standard is set for the required stacking strength, or 'maximum superimposed mass' (MSM) for standard containers. The ISO standard for Series 1 containers, ISO 1496‑1, established this, among other characteristics, for many years set at Template:Cvt.[10] However, in order to keep pace with the increase of container maximum gross weight, the continuing growth in container ship size, and the related height of container stacks on board the ships, the required stacking strength was increased to a superimposed weight of Template:Cvt in 2005 per Amendment 3.[8] This value was since maintained in the latest revision of Standard 1496‑1 (2013). Production statistics show that the vast majority of containers have, for many years, been built with a stacking strength at or above the 213,000 kg[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">clarification needed] figure stipulated in ISO 1496‑1. In fact, most major container operators and lessors now cause containers to be built above the required figure, with the most common superimposed strength being Template:Cvt.[8]

Scope and systematic structure

File:Container Stacking.jpg
Load bearing of stacked containers shown is at the 40 ft coupling. The two 20‑foot containers at the bottom are rigidly joined with four twistlocks between them, so that they could also be placed higher in the stack. Note: 48-foot and 53-foot units can only be stacked in a 40-foot compliant stack if they are just 8 feet wide, or have special structural provisions to handle their usual 6 inch (15.2 cm) extra width. This is usually not the case. Not shown is the rare, but also possible combination of a 30-foot container coupled to a 10-foot box, in a 40(+) foot long stack.

The ISO 668 standard firstly classifies containers by their length in whole feet for their 'common names', despite all measurement units used being either metric (SI) or officially based on the metric system. The exact standard length of '30-foot' and shorter containers is actually slightly shorter than their nominal length, to accommodate for the space taken up by twist-lock couplers, required for stacking containers of unequal length.

Stacking

ISO containers up to 40‑feet in length are only required to have the specified stacking strength at their four corners – typically achieved through four strong, vertical (steel) corner posts. Containers shorter than 40‑foot must therefore be horizontally joined together rigidly (with four twist-locks between every two containers, and usually using bridge fittings), to form a rigid combined whole of matching length to longer containers or another same-length joined container-combination (both underneath and above them), to be stackable – supported on the four outside corners of any resulting combination.

ISO standard 668 hence defines the exact lengths of all standard container sizes on purpose in such a way that shorter containers, joined with the also standard sized twistlocks, can always form longer, combined units of an exact length, identical to that of longer containers, or other combinations, such that the corner castings will always line up on top of the four outside corners of another, longer container, or combination, for vertical connecting and securing.

However, this does not apply when stacking 40‑foot and 45‑foot containers in one stack. These can be stacked interchangeably. ISO standards require 45‑foot containers to include a second set of four strong vertical columns (like corner posts), manufactured in them, symmetrically at the 40‑foot length position (meaning Template:Cvt inwards from their actual outside corners), to support being stacked interchangeably with 40‑foot containers.

ISO designations

ISO designation * Common Name External dimensions Minimum internal dimensions ** Maximum gross mass
Length Height Width Length Height Width
1EEE *** 45 foot high cube 45 ft /
13.716 m 		9' 6" /
2.896 m 		8 ft /
2.438 m 		13.542 m /
44' 5.15" 		2.655 m /
8' 8.5" 		2.330 m /
7' 7.73" 		36,000 kg **** /
79,370 lbs
1EE *** 45 foot standard 8' 6" /
2.591 m 		2.350 m /
7' 8.5"
1AAA 40 foot high cube 40 ft /
12.192 m 		9' 6" /
2.896 m 		8 ft /
2.438 m 		11.998 m /
39' 4.375" 		2.655 m /
8' 8.5" 		2.330 m /
7' 7.73" 		36,000 kg **** /
79,370 lbs
1AA 40 foot standard 8' 6" /
2.591 m 		2.350 m /
7' 8.5"
1A 40 foot 8 ft /
2.438 m 		2.197 m /
7' 2.5"
1BBB 30 foot high cube 29' 11.25" /
9.125 m 		9' 6" /
2.896 m 		8.931 m /
29' 3.6" 		2.655 m /
8' 8.5" 		36,000 kg **** /
79,370 lbs
1BB 30 foot standard 8' 6" /
2.591 m 		2.350 m /
7' 8.5"
1B 30 foot 8 ft /
2.438 m 		2.197 m /
7' 2.5"
1CCC 20 foot high cube 19' 10.5" /
6.058 m 		9' 6" /
2.896 m 		5.867 m /
19' 3" 		2.655 m /
8' 8.5"
1CC 20 foot standard 8' 6" /
2.591 m 		2.350 m /
7' 8.5"
1C 20 foot 8 ft /
2.438 m 		2.197 m /
7' 2.5"
1D 10 foot 9' 9.75" /
2.991 m 		8 ft /
2.438 m 		2.802 m /
9' 2.3" 		2.197 m /
7' 2.5" 		10,160 kg / 22,400 lbs
1E ***** 6½ foot 6' 5.5" /
1.968 m 		8 ft /
2.438 m 		8 ft /
2.438 m 		1.778 m /
5' 10" 		2.197 m /
7' 2.5" 		2.330 m /
7' 7.73" 		7,110 kg / 15,700 lbs
1F ***** 5 foot 4' 9.5" /
1.460 m 		8 ft /
2.438 m 		1.270 m /
4' 2" 		5,080 kg / 11,200 lbs
* The standard also recognises containers under 8 feet in height, designated as 1AX, 1BX, 1CX and 1DX, with specifications the same as other containers of their length.

** Minimum internal dimensions were previously defined by ISO standard 1894: "General purpose series 1 freight containers – Minimum internal dimensions" (2nd edition; 1979)[3]

*** 45-foot containers were added to the standard per Amendment 2 of 2005.[7]
**** The maximum gross mass rating of standard containers of all sizes (except 10-ft length) was increased from Template:Cvt to Template:Cvt, per Amendment 2 to ISO 668 (in 2016).[9][8]

The maximum gross mass rating of 20- and 30-foot units was earlier uprated with Amendment 1 of 2005.[7] Until then, the MGW for 20-ft units was Template:Cvt, and for 30-ft units Template:Cvt.

***** 6Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2- and 5-foot containers (type 1E and 1F) are not in the current edition ISO 668 standard, but were standardized in previous editions,[11] and are still made.[12][Note 1] The so-called width of these small-size containers may be perceived as their length, as it is their greatest horizontal dimension, and their doors are frequently in the short end(s).

See also

  • ISO 6346 – standard covering the coding, identification and marking of intermodal containers

Notes

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  1. ^ The U.S. Army uses these under the names of 'tricons' and 'quadcons' respectively.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ISO 668:2020 – Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings". www.iso.org.
  2. ^ ISO std. 668:2020 – Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings | Amendment 1 (preview)
  3. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Technical Specification for a Typical Steel Dry Cargo Container; 20' × 8' × 8'6" ISO 1CC Type 'General Purpose' (PDF). Steinecker Containerhandel. December 2012. p. 2. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. ^ ISO 1894:1979, Withdrawal. ISO. Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  5. ^ ISO 1496‑1:2013 Amendment 1 (2016) – Series 1 freight containers; Specification and testing – Part 1 General purpose cargo containers. ISO. Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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  7. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.ISO 668:1995 Series 1 freight containers – Classification, dimensions and ratings – Amendment 1 & 2 (Technical report). ISO. 2005-10-01.
  8. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sub-committee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers (5 July 2019). Discrepancy in container stacking strength requirements between the pertinent ISO Standard and the Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) (PDF) (6th session; Agenda item 13 ed.). International Maritime Organization. pp. 1–2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-09-16. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  9. ^ a b Draft Amendment ISO 668:2020/DAM 1
  10. ^ ISO 1496‑1:1990, Preceded by Amendments 1:1993, and 2:1998
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Container Handbook – Section 3.2 Container dimensions and weights". www.containerhandbuch.de.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SB812.SG.USMC.COM10 Common 10 Quadcon Dry Freight ISO Cargo Container" (PDF). Sea Box. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2015-07-25.

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