Division 2.3.13 Container identification code
United Kingdom
Original text. Later amendments are not shown.
| FULL TITLE | Freight containers — coding, identification and marking |
| ABBREVIATION | — |
| ORIGINATING AUTHORITY | International Organisation for Standardisation |
| LEGAL BASIS | ISO 6346, chapter 3, Annex A |
| CURRENT STATUS | Implemented throughout the world on all freight containers |
| IMPLEMENTATION DATE | 1995 |
| AMENDMENT | — |
| STRUCTURE | Owner code: Three letters |
| Equipment category identifier: one letter |
| Serial number: six numerals |
| Check digit: one numeral |
| SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION | The identification system is intended for general application, for example in documentation, control and communications (including automatic data processing systems), as well as for display on the containers themselves |
| LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS | ISO 668, ISO 1496, ISO 8323 |
| USAGE | — |
| MEDIA THROUGH WHICH AVAILABLE | www.iso.ch/iso/en |
| LANGUAGES | English |
| ADDRESS OF RESPONSIBLE AGENCY | Bureau International des Conteneurs (BIC), 167 rue de Courcelles, 75017 Paris, France, http://www.bic-code.org/ |
| REMARKS | — |
| Example | |
| KNLU4713308 | NEDLLOYD maritime freight container with serial number 471330, (8 is the check digit) |
| Usage in the implementation manuals | CNI/GID/DGS/SGP/C237/8260 |