INTERMODAL CARGO CNTR QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Inspection Documentation Top 3 Questions - ✔✔As you document each defect on
the checklist, evaluate it against the criteria in MIL-STD-3037 to answer the following
questions:
1. Which reference paragraph or figure is applicable to determine defect acceptability?
2. Is the defect minor or major?
3. Does the defect exceed IMDG and/or Non-IMDG defect criteria?
✔✔ International shipping of goods prior to containerization was known as __________.
- ✔✔Break-bulk
✔✔Break-bulk method of transport - ✔✔Increased handling of goods in port
✔✔Containerization method of transportation - ✔✔Increased shipping speed, reduced
shipping costs, and reduced port congestion
✔✔CSC - ✔✔Convention for Safe Containers (1972), an international agreement
maintaining global container handling and transportation standards. It requires structural
safety approval of all internationally-transported ISO containers. It also mandates
periodic inspections at specified intervals to ensure safe condition. In the United States,
49 CFR Parts 450 to 453 and Public Law 95-208 mandate compliance with CSC
standards.
✔✔ISO - ✔✔International Standards Organization, an international association
responsible for developing global standards and specifications for products, services
and practices
, ✔✔ISO Container - ✔✔A standardized international shipping container designed to
make global material transport safer and more efficient (also called freight container,
shipping container, hi-cube container, Conex, or sea can)
✔✔Intermodal - ✔✔Standardized shipping container that can be moved from one mode
of transport to another (ship, rail, or truck) without unloading and reloading the contents
✔✔International Safe Container Act - ✔✔The International Safe Container Act became
public law in the United States in 1977. The Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 (49
CFR) directs all foreign and domestic shipments to comply with CSC standards.
✔✔46 US Code (USC) - ✔✔United States Code (USC) Title 46, Appendix - Shipping,
Chapter 34, Safe Containers for International Cargo, gives the Secretary of
Transportation the authority to administer the International Safe Container Act. It
establishes penalties—fines of up to $5,000 per day—for non-compliance.
✔✔49 CFR - ✔✔49 CFR is the implementation arm of 46 USC, broken into numerous
sections by subject/purpose.
Parts 450-453 of 49 CFR, SUBCHAPTER B, Safety Approval of Cargo Containers,
apply to the use of containers in international traffic:
##Part 450 establishes container marking requirements.
##Part 451 establishes safety approval plate specifications.
##Part 452 establishes container examination requirements.
##Part 453 outlines control and enforcement.
✔✔DoD Pub DTR 4500.9-R - ✔✔Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) 4500.9-R,
Part VI imposes international and federal CSC requirements on containers
(commercially-owned or military) transporting DoD material anywhere in the world.
Chapter 604 of this regulation identifies CSC container inspector certification
requirements.
✔✔MIL-STD-3037 - ✔✔Military Standard (MIL-STD) 3037 provides inspection
standards for containers transporting DoD material. It is used by civilian and military
container inspectors to ensure compliance with international and federal inspection and
documentation requirements.
MIL-STD-3037 is the primary reference used by inspectors to conduct CSC container
inspections.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Inspection Documentation Top 3 Questions - ✔✔As you document each defect on
the checklist, evaluate it against the criteria in MIL-STD-3037 to answer the following
questions:
1. Which reference paragraph or figure is applicable to determine defect acceptability?
2. Is the defect minor or major?
3. Does the defect exceed IMDG and/or Non-IMDG defect criteria?
✔✔ International shipping of goods prior to containerization was known as __________.
- ✔✔Break-bulk
✔✔Break-bulk method of transport - ✔✔Increased handling of goods in port
✔✔Containerization method of transportation - ✔✔Increased shipping speed, reduced
shipping costs, and reduced port congestion
✔✔CSC - ✔✔Convention for Safe Containers (1972), an international agreement
maintaining global container handling and transportation standards. It requires structural
safety approval of all internationally-transported ISO containers. It also mandates
periodic inspections at specified intervals to ensure safe condition. In the United States,
49 CFR Parts 450 to 453 and Public Law 95-208 mandate compliance with CSC
standards.
✔✔ISO - ✔✔International Standards Organization, an international association
responsible for developing global standards and specifications for products, services
and practices
, ✔✔ISO Container - ✔✔A standardized international shipping container designed to
make global material transport safer and more efficient (also called freight container,
shipping container, hi-cube container, Conex, or sea can)
✔✔Intermodal - ✔✔Standardized shipping container that can be moved from one mode
of transport to another (ship, rail, or truck) without unloading and reloading the contents
✔✔International Safe Container Act - ✔✔The International Safe Container Act became
public law in the United States in 1977. The Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49 (49
CFR) directs all foreign and domestic shipments to comply with CSC standards.
✔✔46 US Code (USC) - ✔✔United States Code (USC) Title 46, Appendix - Shipping,
Chapter 34, Safe Containers for International Cargo, gives the Secretary of
Transportation the authority to administer the International Safe Container Act. It
establishes penalties—fines of up to $5,000 per day—for non-compliance.
✔✔49 CFR - ✔✔49 CFR is the implementation arm of 46 USC, broken into numerous
sections by subject/purpose.
Parts 450-453 of 49 CFR, SUBCHAPTER B, Safety Approval of Cargo Containers,
apply to the use of containers in international traffic:
##Part 450 establishes container marking requirements.
##Part 451 establishes safety approval plate specifications.
##Part 452 establishes container examination requirements.
##Part 453 outlines control and enforcement.
✔✔DoD Pub DTR 4500.9-R - ✔✔Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) 4500.9-R,
Part VI imposes international and federal CSC requirements on containers
(commercially-owned or military) transporting DoD material anywhere in the world.
Chapter 604 of this regulation identifies CSC container inspector certification
requirements.
✔✔MIL-STD-3037 - ✔✔Military Standard (MIL-STD) 3037 provides inspection
standards for containers transporting DoD material. It is used by civilian and military
container inspectors to ensure compliance with international and federal inspection and
documentation requirements.
MIL-STD-3037 is the primary reference used by inspectors to conduct CSC container
inspections.
