Freight container and methods of lifting a freight container

摘要

The present invention concerns a freight container (10). More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention concerns a freight container (10) with a length 45 ft or greater. A freight container (10) comprises a base (12), a first longitudinal side (14), a second longitudinal side (16), and two end walls (18, 20) at opposite ends of the freight container (10). A first pair of lifting points (22, 24) are located to the first longitudinal side (14) of the freight container (10) and a second pair of lifting points (26, 28) are located to the second longitudinal side (16) of the freight container (10). The first longitudinal side (14) and second longitudinal side (16) are 45ft or greater in length, and each pair of lifting points (22, 24, 26, 28) is positioned inwardly spaced of the two end walls (18, 20), such that the lifting points (22, 24, 26, 28) of each pair are spaced no more than 33ft apart from each other.