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AS/NZS 3711.9:2024
[Current]Freight containers, Part 9: Coding, identification and marking
AS/NZS 3711.9:2024 identically adopts ISO 6346:2022, which provides a system for the identification and presentation of information about freight containers
Published: 01/03/2024
Pages: 33
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Identification system and its associated marks
4.1 Identification system
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Owner code
4.1.3 Equipment category identifier
4.1.4 Serial number
4.1.5 Check digit
4.2 Identification marks
5 Size and type codes and their associated marks
5.1 Purpose
5.2 Size and type codes
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Size: two alphanumeric characters
5.2.3 Type: two characters
6 Operational marks
6.1 General
6.2 Mandatory operational marks
6.2.1 Maximum gross and tare masses
6.2.2 Air/surface container symbol
6.2.3 Warning sign of overhead electrical danger
6.2.4 Height mark for containers higher than 2,6 m (8 ft 6 in)
6.2.5 Width mark for containers with an overall width greater than 2 438 m (8 ft).
6.3 Optional operational mark (maximum mass of payload)
7 Physical display of marks
7.1 Size and colour of marks
7.2 Layout and location of marks
7.2.1 Layout of marks
7.2.1.1 General
7.2.1.2 Mandatory operational marks
7.2.1.3 Optional operational mark (maximum mass of payload)
7.2.2 Location of marks
7.2.2.1 Mandatory identification marks
7.2.2.2 Operational marks
7.2.2.3 Other marks and devices
Annex A
A.1 Numerical equivalents of container owner code, category identifier and serial number
A.2 Weighting factor
A.3 Modulus
A.4 Value of check digit
A.5 Sample calculation of the check digit
Annex B
Annex C
Annex D
Annex E
E.1
E.2
E.3
Annex F
Annex G
Bibliography
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