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Credit: 2 PDH
Subject Matter Expert: Mahmoud Ahmed, P.E., M.Sc., M.ASCE, GMICE
In Design of Shipping Containers, you'll learn ...
- Classifications and designations of shipping containers
- Dimensions and ratings of shipping containers
- Loading cases of shipping containers
- Design and detailing requirements of members of shipping containers
Overview
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Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 57 pages
International trading is the main stimulator of the world economy. Millions of goods are transported daily between countries in the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the supply chain of goods around the world. As the pandemic finally waned, the demand for goods returned to higher levels than before, causing massive pressure on the existing supply chain.
The demand for shipping containers in turn increased to accommodate the great demand for transportation of goods.
To transport these goods easily and reliably, a supply chain is needed from the country of export to the country of import. This supply chain mainly depends on the means of transportation and the units of handling.
There are several means of transportation, including trucks, trains, seagoing ships, river transport and airplanes. Standard units are used to facilitate ease of transportation. The common standard unit is the shipping container, which can be used in all means of transportation.
This standardization unifies many factors of shipping containers, such as the rated capacity of the container, the volume of the container, the method for securing the shipping container to decks of the transportation means, stacking of shipping containers, and other factors.
Some goods are packed in packs, which are assembled on wooden pallets with standard dimensions; these pallets are put in a standard shipping container.
Some goods are transported directly in a standard container, such as cement, grains, steel, cars, and many other goods.
This course covers the structural design of shipping containers based on the CSC-1996 standard (Convention for Safe Containers), published by IMO (International Maritime Organization) and United Nations. Also, the standard (ISO 1496-1-Fifth Edition) is used to cover this topic.
A comprehensive example is presented in the course, which incorporates all of the concepts and knowledge of the course to a real shipping container.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Classifications and designations of shipping containers
- Dimensions and ratings of shipping containers
- Loading cases of shipping containers (lifting from pad eyes, lifting from forklift pockets, vertical stacking, longitudinal stacking, transversal stacking, roof loading, floor loading, etc.)
- Design and detailing requirements of members of shipping containers
- Design and detailing of load transfer areas
- Optional features of shipping containers (gooseneck tunnels, cargo securing devices, forklift pockets)
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 15 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 2 PDH
Length: 57 pages
