first tie, wrap or container to a single item or quantity thereof that constitutes a complete identifiable pack

NOTE A product package may be an item packaged singularly, multiple quantities of the same item packaged together or a group of parts packaged together.

cargo containers interchanged between transport modes, and where equipment is compatible within multiple systems

NOTE Transport modes include: motor, rail, water, and air carriers.

large cargo carrying object used for transport or storage that conforms to ISO 668, Series 1 containers

cargo transportation unit, which may be loaded on a transport means

NOTE Synonyms: package, container.

goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck

NOTE 1 to entry In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.

substances or articles which are potentially hazardous (for example, poisonous to humans, harmful to the environment, explosive, flammable, or radioactive) that require regulatory control when transported

business significance that is shared amongst two or more business partner types in a collaborative business process, e.g. product, order, account

first level or higher assembly that is sold in a complete end-usable configuration

item of goods to be moved

NOTE An item may be a single unit, such as a letter, a bundle or box of units or other units that will be bundled into a receptacle which will be carried in equipment (such as an ISO intermodal container) as a subcomponent of an AEI item. Items are defined by the standards of ISO/IEC Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.

an item that can be moved efficiently and safely on handling devices used to move material over a fixed line of travel

NOTE Such material handling devices, or conveyors, are for the purposes of this standard considered to be continuous loop belted systems moving packages or objects in a predetermined path and having fixed or selective points of loading or discharge. The width of the belt, height permitted within the facility, and weight capacity of the belt may determine whether the items are conveyable.

combination of the load, transport means and transport documentation

NOTE 1 : This includes the modes of transport as well as the containment or storage systems used for the dangerous goods.

NOTE 2 : A transport unit is an item that is separately identified.

NOTE 3 A transport unit may include or contain other transport units, examples being a road vehicle as a transport unit and multiple pallets loaded onto the road vehicle, each pallet being its own transport unit.

shipment of goods/cargo to a destination;

separately identifiable amount of goods items available to be transported from one consignor to one consignee via one or more modes of transport and specified in one single transport document

single unit, or a carrier of items and of smaller packets and items

NOTE 1 to entry A receptacle will normally take the form of a bag, box or roller cage that will be carried in equipment (such as an ISO intermodal container) as a subcomponent of an AEI item

NOTE 2 to entry Packets are defined by the standards of ISO/IEC Subcommittee SC 31, Automatic identification and data capture techniques.