BS EN 13044-1:2011

Intermodal Loading Units. Marking. Markings for identification | Status: Current

1 Scope This European Standard provides a system for the identification and presentation of information about the ILU. 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 an ILU and other non ISO containers (i.e. which dimensions and testing parameters differ from those defined by the applicable ISO standards) used in European transport. The methods of displaying identification and certain other data (including operational data) on ILUs by means of permanent marks are included. This European Standard specifies:

1. a) an ILU identification system with an associated system for verifying the accuracy of its use, having mandatory marks for the presentation of the identification system for visual interpretation;
2. b) a coding system for data on ILU size and type, with corresponding marks for their display;
3. c) mandatory operational marks;
4. d) physical presentation of the marks on the ILU.

This part of EN 13044 specifies a system to identify the owner of the ILU, which includes an associated system for verifying the accuracy of its use. This European Standard does not cover temporary operational marks of any kind, permanent marks, data plates, etc. which may be required by intergovernmental agreements, national legislation or non-governmental organisations other than CEN.

NOTE Some of the major international conventions whose container-marking requirements are not covered in this European Standard are as follows:

• — International Convention for Safe Containers (UN/IMO 1992); the CSC convention, of which some approval plates are borne by swap bodies which are not designed for international maritime transport, is likely to evolve in the near future in a way that its implementation field will be restricted to containers for maritime use for which only the BIC is entrusted with the registration of the owner code (code ISO Alpha and code BIC) in the context of the standard EN ISO 6346;
• — Customs Convention on Containers 1956 and 1972;
• — Customs Convention on International Movement of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR-Convention) 1959 and 1975.

It should not to be assumed that this list is exhaustive. This European Standard does not cover the display of technical data on Swap tanks (see EN 1432) nor does it, in any way, include identification marks or safety signs for items of cargo which may be carried in ILU.