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This is a guest post by container safety expert Bill Brassington, owner of ETS Consulting and author of a new code of practice for packing cargo transport units on behalf of the International Maritime Organization. This article marks the countdown to July 2015, when the new International Convention for Safe Containers will come into force.

At the recent Multimodal 2014 show, discussions moved to the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) and the complexities of the text. These discussions reflected ...

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  • Dan Meir

    May 22, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    Is it common for freight containers to be certified for use on road/ rail only with reduced racking?

    The rationale for racking tests is to prove stacked stability during sea transport.