A bulk material shipping container including a W-shaped corner member, a container tracking device mounting assembly, and a container tracking device. The container tracking device mounting assembly is mounted within a cavity defined by the W-shaped corner member. The container tracking device mounting assembly includes a first mounting bracket with a first orientation and a second mounting bracket with a second opposite orientation adjacent to the first mounting bracket. The container tracking device determines autonomous geo-spatial positioning, and is mounted within a slot of the first mounting bracket and a slot of the second mounting bracket.

An adaptive method and system for monitoring a shipping container for an environmental anomaly uses sensor-based ID nodes within the container and a command node. Sensors on each ID node generate sensor data about an environmental condition proximate the ID node as disposed within the container. Each ID node periodically broadcasts the sensor data. The command node monitors a first group of sensor data from the ID nodes over a first time period to detect an initial environmental threshold condition related to the container, then monitors a subsequent group of sensor data over a second time period under a modified monitoring parameter to detect a secondary environmental threshold condition related to the container as the anomaly. In response to detecting the secondary condition, the command node generates an alert notification and transmits the alert notification to an external transceiver to initiate a mediation response related to the anomaly.

An adaptive method and system for monitoring a shipping container for an environmental anomaly uses sensor-based ID nodes within the container and a command node. Sensors on each ID node generate sensor data about an environmental condition proximate the ID node as disposed within the container. Each ID node periodically broadcasts the sensor data. The command node monitors a first group of sensor data from the ID nodes over a first time period to detect an initial environmental threshold condition related to the container, then monitors a subsequent group of sensor data over a second time period under a modified monitoring parameter to detect a secondary environmental threshold condition related to the container as the anomaly. In response to detecting the secondary condition, the command node generates an alert notification and transmits the alert notification to an external transceiver to initiate a mediation response related to the anomaly.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.

An improved system detects an environmental anomaly in a shipping container and initiates a mediation response through a generated layered alert notification. The system includes sensor-based ID nodes associated with packages within the container, and a command node mounted to the container communicating with the ID nodes and an external transceiver on a vehicle transporting the container. The command node is programmed to detect sensor data from the ID nodes; compare the sensor data to package environmental thresholds in context data related to each ID node; detect the environmental anomaly when the comparison indicates an environmental condition for at least one package exceeds its environmental threshold; responsively generate a layered alert notification identifying a mediation recipient and mediation action, and establishing a mediation response priority based upon the comparison; and transmit the layered alert notification to the transceiver unit to initiate a mediation response related to the mediation action.

Disclosed is a device for the automatic sinking of containers and hulls, including: valves, installed in a first closed configuration and having an airtight seal, susceptible of assuming a second configuration that is irreversibly opened when the external pressure exceeds a predetermined tolerance threshold, the second open configuration being adapted to make air exit from the internal space and make water enter from the outside, the at least two valves being positioned in proximity to two edges, opposite each other, belonging to two lateral surfaces of a container; support which surrounds each valve and adheres to the lateral surface of the container, by way of a coupling system that is adapted to ensure impermeability; protection grids, one placed on the outer side and one on the inner side of each valve, adapted to protect from impact and from extraneous objects which could compromise the functioning thereof.

Disclosed is a device for the automatic sinking of containers and hulls, including: valves, installed in a first closed configuration and having an airtight seal, susceptible of assuming a second configuration that is irreversibly opened when the external pressure exceeds a predetermined tolerance threshold, the second open configuration being adapted to make air exit from the internal space and make water enter from the outside, the at least two valves being positioned in proximity to two edges, opposite each other, belonging to two lateral surfaces of a container; support which surrounds each valve and adheres to the lateral surface of the container, by way of a coupling system that is adapted to ensure impermeability; protection grids, one placed on the outer side and one on the inner side of each valve, adapted to protect from impact and from extraneous objects which could compromise the functioning thereof.

A curtain closure for the cargo opening of an air cargo container and the air cargo containers that have the same. The curtain closures include a fabric layer, and at least one of an insulating layer or a reinforcing layer attached to the inside of the fabric layer.

A curtain closure for the cargo opening of an air cargo container and the air cargo containers that have the same. The curtain closures include a fabric layer, and at least one of an insulating layer or a reinforcing layer attached to the inside of the fabric layer.

The present invention includes systems, assemblies, and methodologies for inhibiting combustion within fluid containers, enhancing the safety of such containers. One aspect includes a novel base module from which assemblies of varying shape and size, suitable for disposing within a variety of different fluid containers, are created. In one embodiment, the base module is made from an expanded mesh which is rolled in a novel cylindrical configuration according to a novel methodology. In another embodiment, the base module may be combined with other base modules to form an assembly.