1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN ISO6346:1996Implementation ofEN ISO 6346:1995Freight containers Coding, identificationand markingTheEuropeanStandardENISO6346:1995has the status ofaBritishStandardICS55.180.10BS EN ISO 6346:1995 +A3:2012Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under lice
2、nse with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-BS EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012ISBN 978 0 580 80120 4Amendments/corrigenda issued since publicationDate Comments31 March 2013 Implementation of ISO amendment 3:2012 with CEN endorsement A3:2012This British Sta
3、ndard, havingbeen prepared under thedirection of the ConsumerProducts and Services SectorBoard, was published underthe authority of the StandardsBoard and comes into effect on 15 April 1996 The British Standards Institution 2013.Published by BSI StandardsLimited 2013National forewordThis British Sta
4、ndard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012. It is identical to ISO 6346:1995, incorporatingamendment 3:2012. It supersedes BS EN ISO 6346:1996, which is withdrawn.The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated inthe text by tags. Tags indicating changes
5、to ISO text carry the number of theISO amendment. For example, text altered by ISO amendment 3 is indicatedby . ISO have not issued amendments 1 or 2 to this standard.The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeTW/1, Freight containers and swap bodies. A list of organ
6、izations represented on this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of acontract. Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.
7、Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPENNEEUROPISCHENORMENISO6346December1995ICS55.180Descriptors:Containers,freight containers,designation,co
8、dification,marking, symbolsEnglish versionFreight containers Coding,identificationandmarking(ISO6346:1995)Conteneurs pourletransport demarchandises Codage,identificationetmarquage(ISO6346:1995)Frachtcontainer Kodierung,IdentifizierungundKennzeichnung(ISO6346:1995)This EuropeanStandard was approvedby
9、 CENon1995-11-16.CENmembersare bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations whichstipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of anational standard without any alteration.Up-to-datelists and bibliographicalreferences concerning suchnationalstandardsmay beobtaine
10、donapplication to theCentralSecretariat or toanyCENmember.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English,French,German). A version in any other language made by translation under theresponsibility of aCEN member intoits ownlanguage and notified to theCentralSecretariat has the sam
11、e status as theofficial versions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.CENEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationComitEuropendeNormalisa
12、tionEuropischesKomiteefrNormungCentral Secretariat: ruede Stassart 36,B-1050 Brussels1995Allrights ofreproductionandcommunicationinany formandby any means reservedinallcountries toCENanditsmembers.Ref.No.ENISO6346:1995EEN ISO 6346:1995 +A3:2012December 2012Copyright European Committee for Standardiz
13、ation Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-EN ISO 6346:1995BSI 07-19992ForewordThe text of theInternationalStandardISO6346:1995has beenpreparedby TechnicalCommitteeISO/TC104, Freight containers, incollaboration withC
14、EN/TC119, Swap bodies forcombined goods transport road/rail.This EuropeanStandard shallbegiven the status ofaNationalStandard,eitherby publicationofanidentical text orby endorsement,at thelatest by June1996,andconflictingnational standards shallbe withdrawnat thelatest by June1996.According toCEN/CE
15、NELECInternalRegulations,thefollowingcountriesarebound toimplement this EuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.ContentsPageForeword 21 Scope 32 Normativereferences
16、33 Identification systemandits associatedmarks 44 Sizeand typecodes andtheirassociatedmarks 45 Operationalmarks 56 Physicaldisplay ofmarks 5Annex A(normative)Determinationofcheckdigit 10Annex B(normative)Symbol todenoteair/surfacecontainer 11Annex C(normative)Sign warningofoverheadelectricaldanger 1
17、3Annex D(normative)Sizecodedesignation 14Annex E(normative)Typecodedesignation 15Annex F(normative)Height marks forcontainershigher than2,6m(8ft6in) 18Annex G(informative)Nationalregistrationorganizations affiliated withtheInternationalContainerBureau 19Figure1Manda tory identificationmarks Preferre
18、dhorizontallayout 6Figure 2 Mandatory identificationmarks Preferred verticallayout 7Figure 3 Mandatoryidentificationmarks Alternative(multiplecolumn) verticallayout 7Figure4Ma ndatory identificationmarks Alternativehorizontalgroupinglayout 8Figure5L ocationofmandatory andoptionalmarks 9TableA.1 Equi
19、valent values 10TableA.2 Checkdigit value11TableD.1 First size-codecharacter 14TableD.2 Second size-codecharacter 14TableE.1 15TableG.1 Nationalregistrationorganizations(NROs) 20BS EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012 BSI 07-1999 Detailed type code211920Foreword to amendment A3This docum
20、ent (EN ISO 6346:1995/A3:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 104 “Freight containers” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 119 “Swap bodies for combined goods transport” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.This Amendment to the European Standard EN ISO 6346:1995 sha
21、ll be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2013.Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document m
22、ay be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria
23、, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
24、Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.Endorsement noticeThe text of ISO 6346:1995/Amd 3:2012 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 6346:1995/A3:2012 without any modification.Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or ne
25、tworking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-EN ISO 6346:1995BSI 07-1999 31 Scope1.1 ThisInternationalStandardprovides a systemfortheidentificationandpresentationofinformationabout freightcontainers.Theidentification systemis intendedforgeneralapplication,forexampleindocumentation,controlandcommu
26、nications (includingautomaticdataprocessing systems),as wellas fordisplay on thecontainers themselves.Themethods ofdisplayingidentificationandcertainotherdata(includingoperationaldata)oncontainers by meansofpermanent marksareincluded.1.2 This InternationalStandard specifies:a)acontaineridentificatio
27、n system, withanassociated systemfor verifying theaccuracy ofits use,having:m andatory marks for thepresentationof theidentification systemfor visualinterpretation,andf eatures tobe usedinoptionalAutomaticEquipment Identification(AEI)andelectronicdatainterchange(EDI);b)acoding systemfordataoncontain
28、er sizeandtype, withcorrespondingmarks for theirdisplay;c)operationalmarks,bothmandatory andoptional;d)physicalpresentationofmarks on thecontainer.1.3 The terms “mandatory”and“optional”in this InternationalStandardareusedtodifferentiatethoseISOmarkingprovisions which shallnecessarily befulfilledby a
29、llcontainers from thosewhicharenot requiredofallcontainers.Theoptionalmarksareincluded tofurthercomprehensionandpromote uniformapplicationoftheoptionalmark.Ifachoicehas beenmadetodisplayanoptionalmark, theprovisions laiddownin this InternationalStandardrelating to themarkshallbeapplied.The terms “ma
30、ndatory”and“optional”donot refer torequirements ofany regulatory body.1.4 ThisInternationalStandardapplies toallfreight containers coveredby InternationalStandards ISO668,parts1 to5ofISO1496,ISO8323 and should, whereverappropriateandpracticable,beapplied: tocontainers other than thosecoveredby theIn
31、ternationalStandards mentionedinclause 2; tocontainer-relatedand/ordetachableequipment.NOTE1 Containers markedaccording toprevious editions ofISO6346neednot bere-marked.1.5 ThisInternationalStandarddoes not covertemporary operationalmarks ofany kind,permanent marks,dataplates,etc. whichmay berequire
32、dby intergovernmentalagreements,nationallegislationornongovernmentalorganizations other thanISO.NOTE 2 Someof themajorinternationalconventions whosecontainer-markingrequirementsarenot coveredin this InternationalStandardareas follows: International Convention for Safe Containers(UN/IMO1992); Customs
33、 Convention on Containers 1956 and1972; Customs Convention on InternationalMovement of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIRConvention) 1959and1975.It shouldnot beassumed that this list is exhaustive.This InternationalStandarddoes not cover thedisplay of technicaldataon tankcontainers (seeISO1496-3)
34、,nordoes it,inany way,includeidentificationmarks or safety signs foritems ofcargowhichmay becarriedinfreight containers.2 NormativereferencesThefollowing standards containprovisions which,throughreferencein this text,constituteprovisions of this InternationalStandard.At the timeofpublication, theedi
35、tionsindicated were valid.Allstandards are subject torevision,andparties toagreementsbasedon this InternationalStandardareencouraged toinvestigate thepossibility ofapplying themost recent editions of the standards indicatedbelow.Members ofIECandISOmaintainregistersofcurrently validInternationalStand
36、ards.ISO668: , Series 1freight containers Classification, dimensions and ratings1).ISO1496-1:1990, Series 1freight containers Specification and testing Part 1:General cargocontainers for generalpurposes.ISO1496-2: , Series 1freight containers Specification and testing Part2:Thermalcontainers2).ISO14
37、96-3:1995, Series 1freight containers Specification and testing Part3:Tank containers for liquids, gases and pressurized dry bulk.ISO1496-4:1991, Series 1freight containers Specification and testing Part 4:Non-pressurizedcontainers for dry bulk.1)Tobepublished.(RevisionofISO668:1988)2)Tobepublished.
38、(RevisionofISO1496-2:1988)BS EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:20123 BSI 07-1999Copyright European Committee for Standardization Provided by IHS under license with CENNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-EN ISO 6346:19954BSI 07-1999ISO1496-5:19
39、91, Series 1freight containers Specification and testing Part 5:Platform andplatform-based containers.ISO8323:1985, Freight containers Air/surface(intermodal) generalpurpose containers Specification and tests.ISO10374:1991, Freight containers Automaticidentification.3 Identification system and its a
40、ssociated marks3.1 Identification systemTheidentification system shallconsist onlyof thefollowingelements,allof which shallbeincluded:o wnercode: threeletters;e quipment category identifier:oneletter; serialnumber: sixnumerals; checkdigit:onenumeral.3.1.1 Owner codeThecontainerowners code shallconsi
41、st of threecapitalletters, shallbe uniqueand shallberegistered with theInternationalContainerBureau (BIC Bureau Internationaldes Conteneurs),either throughanaffiliatednationalregistrationorganization(seeAnnexG)ordirectly with:Bureau Internationaldes Conteneurs167,ruedeCourcelles75017 ParisFRANCE3.1.
42、2 Equipment category identifierTheequipment category identifierconsists ofonecapitalletterof theLatinalphabetasfollows: Uforallfreight containers; Jfordetachablefreight container-relatedequipment; Zfor trailersandchassis.3.1.3 SerialnumberThecontainer serialnumber shallconsist of six Arabicnumerals.
43、If the seriesof significant numeralsdoes not total six, they shallbeprecededby sufficient zeroes tomake up six numerals.(Forexample,if the series of significantnumeralsis1234, the serialnumberis001234.)3.1.4 CheckdigitThecheckdigit provides ameans of validating thetransmissionaccuracyof theownercode
44、and serialnumberand shallbedeterminedas inAnnex A.Thecheckdigit shall validate theownercode,equipment category identifierand serialnumberof thecontainer.3.2 Identification marksThe useofmarks inaccordance with theidentification system specifiedin 3.1,i.e.ownercode,equipment category identifier, seri
45、alnumberandcheckdigit,is mandatoryforfreight containers andrecommendedforallequipment as statedin 3.1.2.Thecharacteristics (size, shape,layout,etc.)detailedin 6.1 and 6.2.1 shallbedisplayedasnearly as practicableinaccordancewithclause 6,i.e.legible to thehumaneye.4 Size and type codes and theirassoc
46、iated marks4.1 PurposeThe typeandmainexternaldimensions ofthecontainer shallbeidentified withcodes markedonthecontainer.Only thosefreight containers whichcomply withboth theISO top-handlingcapability and structural stackingrequirements set forthinISO1496 shallbemarked with sizeand typecodes inaccord
47、ance with 4.2.1 and 4.2.2.4.2 Size and type codesThis informationis mandatory for themarkingofcontainers coveredby theInternationalStandards listedinclause 2 and shallbecodedas in 4.2.1and 4.2.2.The sizeand typecodes, whendisplayedon thecontainer, shallbe usedas a whole,i.e.theinformationmustnot beb
48、rokenintoits componentparts.The sizeand typecodes shallbedisplayedinaccordance withclause 6.4.2.1 Size: two alphanumericcharactersThecontainer size(i.e.externaldimensions) shallbeindicatedby twocharacters as follows: First character:numericoralphabeticcharacterrepresenting thelength. Secondcharacter
49、:numericoralphabeticcharacterrepresenting thewidthand theheight.These twocharacters shallbedeterminedinaccordance withAnnex D.4.2.2 Type: two charactersThecontainer typeandmaincharacteristics shallbeindicatedby twocharacters as follows: First character:alphabeticcharacterrepresenting thecontainer type. Secondcharacter:numericcharacterrepresentingmaincharacteristics rel
