Container Serial Number

Iso 6346 is an international standard for the coding identification and marking of shipping containers used for freight transportation.

Container serial number. One arabic numeral providing a means of validating the recording and transmission accuracies of the owner code and serial number. A sequence of 6 digits where each container belonging to an owner has a unique value. Six arabic numerals left at owner s or operator s option the check digit. Registration number or serial number.

As long as the container number follows the iso standard the container number can be entered into a check digit calculator to determine if it is a valid number. What is a container number. Checkdigit can be used to identify mistypes in the container number. U for all freight containers j for detachable freight container related equipment z for trailers and chassis the serial number.

Container number consists of four letters owner code prefix six digits serial number and a check digit. Checkdigit can be used to identify mistypes in the container number. The check digit always consists of a single digit number and is highlighted in a box. One way to track a container is using the container number.

This single digit is used to cross verify if the identification sequence is accurate. It is not necessary the company that does transportation. A container number is composed of four letters container prefix which is the owner code followed by six digits serial number and a check digit. Owner code shows the company that owns the container.

A product group code consisting of one capital letter u j or z u for all freight containers j for detachable freight container equipment z for trailers and chassis a registration number or serial number consisting of only 6 digits. It is not necessary the company that does transportation. The seventh digit of the container number also known as the check digit is calculated off of the four letters and six digits of the container number. Managed by the international container bureau bic the standard provides a visual identification system that includes a serial number with check digit the owner country code size type and equipment category of every shipping container.

Using any of theses three references you can track a container and see where the container is. Owner code shows the company that owns the container. The standard establishes a visual identification system for every container that includes a unique serial number with check digit the owner a country code a size type and equipment category as well as any. Therefore each owner code can have up to 1 million containers.

Container number consists of four letters owner code six digits serial number and a check digit. One arabic numeral providing a means of validating the recording and transmission accuracies of the owner code and serial number.