Intermodal container

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Intermodal containers are standard sized industrial cargo containers that are designed to be transhipped from one mode of transport to another.[1]

Specialized container ships can carry cargo entirely composed of thousands of containers.[1] They must be unloaded in special container ports, where the cargo is cargo is then loaded onto railway flatcars, large transport trucks, or canal barges.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Intermodal Containers, United States Department of Transport. Retrieved on 2008-11-04.
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