Australia
New Zealand Boxes, cases, sacks, bales, pallets and drums
This container is fully enclosed and weatherproof, with a rigid roof, sidewalls and floor. It carries most ‘dry’ goods including those packed in boxes, cartons, cases, sacks, bales, pallets, bags and drums.
This is by far the most common container type. With some adaptions, general purpose containers can also move bulk dry and liquid cargo. For instance, flexitanks allow food like wine and non-hazardous liquid chemicals to be moved using general purpose containers.
