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=== Other container system standards === Some other container systems (in date order) are: * (1922) [[NYC container]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4701552 |title=ENGINEERING. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=16 February 1922 |access-date=25 October 2011 |page=11}}</ref> * (1924) [[von-Haus-zu-Haus]] (''house to house''; Germany)<ref>Van Ham, J.C. and Rijsenbrij, J.C. ''Development of Containerization''. IOS Press, 2012, p. 39.</ref> * Japanese railway containers: Containers used by the [[Japan Freight Railway Company]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2011}} * (1925) [[Mack Trucks|Mack]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31871575 |title=Freight Handling|newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth |date=30 July 1925 |access-date=29 October 2011 |page=4}}</ref> * (1927) [[English Railway container]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51548804 |title=NEW TRANSPORT METHOD. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=7 June 1929 |access-date=25 October 2011 |page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28047495 |title=Commercial|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=13 May 1929 |access-date=26 October 2011 |page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17216389 |title=Railway Containers |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2 January 1936 |access-date=27 October 2011 |page=9}}</ref> * (1928) [[Victorian Railways]] β refrigerated container<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3974817 |title=The Country Page|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=12 December 1928 |access-date=27 October 2011 |page=26}}</ref> * (1929) International Competition<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54650672 |title=Through Road, Rail and Water Traffic|newspaper=[[The Morning Bulletin]] |location=Rockhampton|date=26 April 1929 |access-date=28 October 2011 |page=10}}</ref> * (1930) [[GWR Container]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16701153 |title=New railway Container|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=8 September 1930 |access-date=25 October 2011 |page=11}}</ref> * (1931) International Chamber of Commerce<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16814839 |title=International Container |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=31 December 1931 |access-date=26 October 2011 |page=9}} ICC</ref> * (1933) [[International Container Bureau]]:<ref name="logistica2014a"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16972758 |title=International Container Bureau|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=18 April 1933 |access-date=27 October 2011 |page=13}}</ref> * (1936) [[South Australian Railways]] [[Wolseley, South Australia|Wolseley]] [[break of gauge]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35426150 |title=New Freight Containers For S.E. Railway Services. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=23 April 1936 |access-date=26 October 2011 |page=19}}</ref> * (1946) [[Queensland Rail]]ways milk container, {{convert|2000|impgal|L USgal}}, road-rail<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42483056 |title=Milk Business|newspaper=[[Cairns Post]] |location=cairns|date=14 February 1946 |access-date=26 October 2011 |page=4}}</ref> * (1974) [[RACE (container)|RACE]] (Australia) β slightly wider than ISO containers to fit slightly wider Australian Standard [[pallet]]s<ref>RACE equipment gears up ROA container expansion ''[[Railway Transportation]]'' August 1974 page 5</ref><ref>Railways well in the freight Race ''[[Freight & Container Transportation]]'' May 1974 page 55</ref> * (1994) [[Roller container#ACTS|ACTS]] roller containers for [[Intermodal freight transport|intermodal transport]] by rail and road (Central Europe) * (1998) [[PODS (company)|PODS]] * (2005?) [[SECU (container)|SECU]] (Sweden, Finland, UK) β big {{convert|95|t|abbr=on}} container. * [[Intermodal container#Pallet wide containers|Pallet-wide containers]] are used in Europe and have length ({{convert|45|, |40|or|20|ft|m|2|abbr=on|disp=or}}) and height like ISO-containers, but they are {{convert|2.484|m|ftin|abbr=on|frac=8}} wide externally and {{convert|2.420|m|ftin|abbr=on|frac=8}} internally to fit [[EUR-pallet]] better.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.k-tainer.eu/en/container-trading/standard-container|title=20ft Standard Container β K-Tainer|access-date=2012-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103012031/http://www.k-tainer.eu/en/container-trading/standard-container|archive-date=2012-01-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are meant for transport inside Europe and are often accepted in ships. * (2014) The IPPC's [[Sea Container Task Force]] (SCTF) finalises the [[Cargo Transport Units Code]] (CTU Code).<ref name="SCTF-final">{{cite web | title=SCTF final report | website=IPPC ([[International Plant Protection Convention]]) | publisher=UN [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] | date=2022-01-11 | url=https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/sea-containers/sctf-final-report/ | access-date=2022-03-21 }}</ref> * (2021) The National Standard of the People's Republic of China is [[GB/T 39919-2021]] ''Code of practice for the plant quarantine of exit freight containers'' {{as of|2021|11|01|lc=yes|df=US}}.<ref name="SCTF-final" />
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