Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide for modular containers with specialized corner fittings. In one example, a container, includes: six sides; and eight corner fittings, wherein each respective corner fitting of the eight corner fittings comprises: a first outward face on a first side of the six sides; a second outward face on a second side of the six sides; a third outward face on a third side of the six sides; and a corner fitting aperture in at least one of the first outward face, second outward face, or third outward face and centered approximately 3.379 inches from a first edge of the respective corner fitting and approximately 3.379 inches from a second edge of the respective corner fitting.

The present disclosure relates to a foldable container including a bottom plate, a top plate, and side wall panels provided between the bottom plate and the top plate, in which the side wall panels include a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and the container includes first and second torsion bars respectively provided at lower ends of the first and second side panels to generate torque when the first and second side panels are rotated, third and fourth torsion bars respectively provided at lower ends of the front panel and the rear panel to generate torque when the front panel and the rear panel are rotated, and a first rotation support member having an L-shape, including one end coupled to a post coupling point (220) spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the lower end of the front panel, and the other end coupled to a third torsion bar at a bottom plate coupling point (210) located on a side spaced apart by a predetermined distance from an end of the bottom plate to support the rotation operation of the front panel, in which the top plate is completely detachably coupled to the side wall panel.

The present disclosure relates to a method for folding a container including a bottom plate, a top plate, and side wall panels provided between the bottom plate and the top plate, in which the side wall panels include a front panel, a rear panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, and the method includes a first step of coupling forks of a forklift to coupling members provided on an upper surface of the top plate, a second step of, with the forklift, completely separating the top plate to above the side wall panel; a third step of rotating a first torsion bar provided at a lower end of the first side panel to fold the first side panel, a fourth step of rotating a second torsion bar provided at a lower end of the second side panel to fold the second side panel on top of the first side panel, a fifth step of rotating third and fourth torsion bars provided at lower ends of the front panel and the rear panel, respectively to rotate and fold the front panel and the rear panel, and a sixth step of, with the forklift, coupling the top plate.

The present disclosure relates to a structure for firmly coupling a corner of a top plate of a foldable container that can be folded by use of a torsion bar, in which the top plate is completely detachably coupled to the side wall panel. The foldable container according to the present disclosure includes posts P provided on both sides of the front panel and the rear panel in a vertical direction to bear a load of the container, torsion bars provided at lower ends of the side panel, the front panel, and the rear panel, and a corner locking structure that couples the top plate, the rear panel, and the side panel at an upper corner, such that the corners are firmly coupled while the container is in an unfolded state.

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a modular container, including: six sides, wherein: each side of the six sides of the modular container comprises at least four surface connector arrangements, each surface connector arrangement of the at least four surface connector arrangements comprises at least two connector elements, wherein: at least one connector element of the at least two connector elements is of a first type, and at least one connector element of the at least two connector elements is of a second type; and an access door in at least one side of the six sides.

An intermodal shipping container including one or more improvements such as intermediate gable posts or gable headers adapted to increase an internal width and strength of the container, wherein the gable posts or the gable headers include twin channels having at least two internal flanges welded to a gable post plate or gable header plate, one or more upper castings having an integral top rail ledge, wherein a top rail of a side wall hangs on the integral top rail ledge, “C” channel style beam main frame cross members, a one-piece continuous top plate including an integral lip connecting the top plate and a roof, one or more rear lower castings, wherein the one or more rear lower castings are an integral interlocking interface, a bolster including an integral seating and fastening surface and slots, and/or one or more nested rear corner posts subassemblies, the one or more nested rear corner posts having a notch and protrusion connection, wherein a protrusion in a lower rear casting engages with a corresponding notch in the rear corner post.

The present invention provides a lid (400) for an open container (100, 13.10), a lid lifting system (13.100), a tippler (13.200) with the improved lid lifting system (13.100) and a method of lifting a container. The lid and lifting arrangement includes an apertured receiving formation (401) on an upper side of a lid (100) to receive a lift member (13.40). The lift member (13.40) can do one or more than one of the following: engaging the formation (401) will unlock a locking mechanism (13.42,458) holding the lid (400) to a container (100); or allow the lift member (13.40) to be rotated to thereby unlock the locking mechanism (13.42, 458) which locks the lid (400) to the container (100), while simultaneously locking the lift member (13.40, 458) to the lid (400). A lifting device which is able to perform such actions is also disclosed, and a method to operate the lifting device.

A cargo container is provided. The cargo container includes a frame part, a panel part, a plurality of lead screws and a plurality of guide brackets, so that the cargo container may be operated in a fixing mode or a folding mode according to loading or unloading of cargo. Thus, the volume in the folding mode may be reduced, and transport with stacked may be facilitated, so that a highly efficient cargo container may be provided that is easy to store and transport.

Provided is a wind turbine component transport arrangement including a plurality of rotor blade support frames; a plurality of nacelle support frames; and a plurality of tower section support frames; wherein the dimensions of a support frame correspond to the dimensions of a stack of standard containers. Also provided is a method of transporting wind turbine components on a containership using such a wind turbine component transport arrangement.

The present disclosure provides for end walls for a freight container. The end walls include those for a rear wall and a front wall for the freight container. The rear wall includes rear corner posts each having a recess to receive a rear door hinge in the rear corner post and a corner fitting mounting block. The rear wall further includes corner fittings each having a receiving block, a sill member connected to a first rear corner posts by a member hinge, a header member connected to a second rear corner posts by a member hinge, a first rear wall door and a second rear wall door. The front wall includes front corner posts having gussets, anti-racking blocks, corner fittings with receiving blocks, a sill member, a header member and a front wall door.