an article of transport equipment (lift-van, movable tank, demountable body or other similar structure): - fully or partially enclosed to constitute a compartment intended for containing goods, - of a permanent character and accordingly strong enough to be suitable for repeated use, - specially designed to facilitate the carriage of goods, by one or more modes of transport, without intermediate reloading, - designed for ready handling, particularly when being transferred from one mode of transport to another, - designed to be easy to fill and to empty, and - having an internal volume of one cubic metre or more, a-il võeti tarvitusele interkontinentaalk-d ... ja kontinentaalk-d, see tõi kaasa konteineriveokite (k-ihaagiste), k-ilaevade ja k-i haaratsite (opreeder) kiire arengu., a-il võeti kasutusele ISO ... heakskiidetud standardsed teraskonteinerid: pikkus 10 (3,05 m), 20 (6,1 m), 30 (9,15 m) või 40 jalga (12,2 m), laius 8 jalga (2,4 m), kõrgus 8,8 (2,59 m) või 9 jalga (2,74 m).