20-foot DUOCON containers
In external and connecting dimensions 20-foot DUOCON containers fully meet the ISO standards. Their uniqueness is in the fact that structurally they are two 10-foot containers securely connected to each other. Each of them can be loaded with the same or different cargo.
It is possible to buy a 20-ton DUOCON container for use as it is or divided into two 10-foot containers. Manufacturers of containers send united 10-foot models to customers, which is more profitable for economic reasons. After receiving the user can separate 20-foot DUOCON container and receive two containers fully meeting the ISO standards.
Advantages of application of 20-foot DUOCON containers
Separable container of 20 feet has the same volume and payload as 20DC, but it becomes more useful when transporting small quantities of goods of different owners in the same destination. The transportation costs, in this case, will be reduced. It cannot be used for transportation of long cargo, but to carry it you can always pick up appropriate multi-modal containers.
It is profitable to buy 20-foot DUOCON containers for transportation of food, which should not be stored together. This will make a saving on crane operations that would influence the whole cost of transportation. Even full loading of a container with the same type of goods will contribute to better safety, since it will allow opening the sections alternately for partial unloading
Variants of application of DUOCON containers
Railway doubled containers of 20 tons, as a rule, are divided into two 10-foot containers immediately after receipt from the manufacturer. But some of them are efficiently used for multimodal or transcontinental transportation as DUOCON containers.
New and used DUOCON containers of 6 meters are conveniently used for power plants or process equipment. In one container equipment and a workshop or a warehouse of spare parts and consumables can be mounted. It is very effective to use them for conversion into mobile offices or warehouses, and retail outlets or cabins.