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2. Flexible intermediate bulk container - Wikipedia

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   A flexible intermediate bulk container (FIBC), jumbo, bulk bag, super sack, big bag, or tonne bag is an industrial container made of flexible fabric that is designed for storing and transporting dry, flowable products, such as sand, fertilizer, and granules of plastic. [1][2][3] FIBCs are most often made of thick woven strands of oriented ...

3. Intermediate bulk container - Wikipedia

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   Intermediate bulk containers (also known as IBC tank, IBC tote, IBC, or pallet tank) are industrial-grade containers engineered for the mass handling, transport, and storage of liquids, semi-solids, pastes, or solids. [ 1 ] The two main categories of IBC tanks are flexible IBCs and rigid IBCs. [ 2 ] Many IBCs are reused or repurposed.

4. Bulk carrier - Wikipedia

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   A bulk carrier or bulker is a merchant ship specially designed to transport unpackaged bulk cargo —such as grain, coal, ore, steel coils, and cement—in its cargo holds. Since the first specialized bulk carrier was built in 1852, economic forces have led to increased size and sophistication of these ships. Today's bulk carriers are specially ...

5. Bulk cargo - Wikipedia

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   Bulk cargo refers to material in either liquid or granular, particulate (as a mass of relatively small solids) form, such as petroleum / crude oil, grain, coal, or gravel. This cargo is usually dropped or poured, with a spout or shovel bucket, into a bulk carrier ship's hold, railroad car / railway wagon, or tanker truck / trailer / semi ...

6. Intermodal container - Wikipedia

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   Intermodal container. A 40-foot-long (12.2 m) shipping container. Each of its eight corners has an essential corner casting for hoisting, stacking, and securing. Containers stacked on a large ship. An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and ...

7. Silo - Wikipedia

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   Silos in Acatlán, Hidalgo, Mexico. A silo (from Ancient Greek σιρός (sirós) 'pit for holding grain') is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use today: tower silos, bunker silos ...