Differences Between a Shipping and Storage Container

First of all, shipping containers have several different names, depending on where you are in the world. In the UK, we tend to use ‘shipping container’ to describe the containers that are used in international shipping. These containers have very specific criteria to be described as a ‘shipping container’ – such as:

• They must conform to the International Maritime Organization’s ISO specifications, which include standardised sizes and stacking strength. In some countries, shipping containers are referred to as ‘ISO containers.’ The standard is to maintain safety, ensuring that loading, transporting and unloading of shipping containers around the world is consistently safe – no matter if you’re at a port in Germany or Thailand – the international standard is there to maintain the same level of safety regardless of where you are in the world.
• Furthermore, to maintain ISO certification of the ISO container, it must be inspected by a certified inspector every 30 months to ensure the container still conforms to ISO standards. In some places, when an ISO container is certified the container may be referred to as ‘cargo worthy’. To check if a shipping container is ‘cargo worthy’ you will want to look for a CSC Plate.

All the shipping containers for sale on Containers4Sale on the Shipping container page have a CSC Plate and are therefore ‘cargo worthy’ and suitable for international shipping. We offer both 20ft shipping containers and 40ft shipping containers for sale.