1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN ISO6346:1996Implementation ofEN ISO 6346:1995Freight containers Coding, identificationand markingTheEuropeanStandardENISO6346:1995has the status ofaBritishStandardICS55.180.10BS EN ISO 6346:1995 +A3:2012BS EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012ISBN 978 0 580 80120 4Amendments/corrigenda issu
2、ed since publicationDate Comments31 March 2013 Implementation of ISO amendment 3:2012 with CEN endorsement A3:2012This British Standard, havingbeen prepared under thedirection of the ConsumerProducts and Services SectorBoard, was published underthe authority of the StandardsBoard and comes into effe
3、ct on 15 April 1996 The British Standards Institution 2013.Published by BSI StandardsLimited 2013National forewordThis British Standard 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 w
4、ithdrawn.The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated inthe text by tags. Tags indicating changes 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
5、 UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical CommitteeTW/1, Freight containers and swap bodies. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained onrequest to its secretary.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of acontract.
6、Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity fromlegal obligations.EUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPENNEEUROPISCHENORMENISO6346December1995ICS55.180Descriptors:Containers,freight containers,designation,codification,marking, symbolsEnglish versi
7、onFreight containers Coding,identificationandmarking(ISO6346:1995)Conteneurs pourletransport demarchandises Codage,identificationetmarquage(ISO6346:1995)Frachtcontainer Kodierung,IdentifizierungundKennzeichnung(ISO6346:1995)This EuropeanStandard was approvedby CENon1995-11-16.CENmembersare bound to
8、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 beobtainedonapplication to theCentralSecretariat
9、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 same status as theofficial versions.CEN mem
10、bers are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.CENEuropeanCommitteeforStandardizationComitEuropendeNormalisationEuropischesKomiteefrNormungCentral S
11、ecretariat: ruede Stassart 36,B-1050 Brussels1995Allrights ofreproductionandcommunicationinany formandby any means reservedinallcountries toCENanditsmembers.Ref.No.ENISO6346:1995EEN ISO 6346:1995 +A3:2012December 2012EN ISO 6346:1995BSI 07-19992ForewordThe text of theInternationalStandardISO6346:199
12、5has beenpreparedby TechnicalCommitteeISO/TC104, Freight containers, incollaboration withCEN/TC119, Swap bodies forcombined goods transport road/rail.This EuropeanStandard shallbegiven the status ofaNationalStandard,eitherby publicationofanidentical text orby endorsement,at thelatest by June1996,and
13、conflictingnational standards shallbe withdrawnat thelatest by June1996.According toCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thefollowingcountriesarebound toimplement this EuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,
14、Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.ContentsPageForeword 21 Scope 32 Normativereferences33 Identification systemandits associatedmarks 44 Sizeand typecodes andtheirassociatedmarks 45 Operationalmarks 56 Physicaldisplay ofmarks 5Annex A(normative)Determinationofcheckdigit 10Annex B(normative)Symbol
15、 todenoteair/surfacecontainer 11Annex C(normative)Sign warningofoverheadelectricaldanger 13Annex D(normative)Sizecodedesignation 14Annex E(normative)Typecodedesignation 15Annex F(normative)Height marks forcontainershigher than2,6m(8ft6in) 18Annex G(informative)Nationalregistrationorganizations affil
16、iated withtheInternationalContainerBureau 19Figure1Manda tory identificationmarks Preferredhorizontallayout 6Figure 2 Mandatory identificationmarks Preferred verticallayout 7Figure 3 Mandatoryidentificationmarks Alternative(multiplecolumn) verticallayout 7Figure4Ma ndatory identificationmarks Altern
17、ativehorizontalgroupinglayout 8Figure5L ocationofmandatory andoptionalmarks 9TableA.1 Equivalent 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 IS
18、O 6346:1995+A3:2012 BSI 07-1999 Detailed type code211920Foreword to amendment A3This document (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 secret
19、ariat of which is held by DIN.This Amendment to the European Standard EN ISO 6346:1995 shall 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 Ju
20、ne 2013.Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may 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 organ
21、isations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
22、Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 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.EN ISO 6346:1995BSI 07-1999 31 S
23、cope1.1 ThisInternationalStandardprovides a systemfortheidentificationandpresentationofinformationabout freightcontainers.Theidentification systemis intendedforgeneralapplication,forexampleindocumentation,controlandcommunications (includingautomaticdataprocessing systems),as wellas fordisplay on the
24、containers themselves.Themethods ofdisplayingidentificationandcertainotherdata(includingoperationaldata)oncontainers by meansofpermanent marksareincluded.1.2 This InternationalStandard specifies:a)acontaineridentification system, withanassociated systemfor verifying theaccuracy ofits use,having:m an
25、datory marks for thepresentationof theidentification systemfor visualinterpretation,andf eatures tobe usedinoptionalAutomaticEquipment Identification(AEI)andelectronicdatainterchange(EDI);b)acoding systemfordataoncontainer sizeandtype, withcorrespondingmarks for theirdisplay;c)operationalmarks,bothm
26、andatory andoptional;d)physicalpresentationofmarks on thecontainer.1.3 The terms “mandatory”and“optional”in this InternationalStandardareusedtodifferentiatethoseISOmarkingprovisions which shallnecessarily befulfilledby allcontainers from thosewhicharenot requiredofallcontainers.Theoptionalmarksarein
27、cluded tofurthercomprehensionandpromote uniformapplicationoftheoptionalmark.Ifachoicehas beenmadetodisplayanoptionalmark, theprovisions laiddownin this InternationalStandardrelating to themarkshallbeapplied.The terms “mandatory”and“optional”donot refer torequirements ofany regulatory body.1.4 ThisIn
28、ternationalStandardapplies toallfreight containers coveredby InternationalStandards ISO668,parts1 to5ofISO1496,ISO8323 and should, whereverappropriateandpracticable,beapplied: tocontainers other than thosecoveredby theInternationalStandards mentionedinclause 2; tocontainer-relatedand/ordetachableequ
29、ipment.NOTE1 Containers markedaccording toprevious editions ofISO6346neednot bere-marked.1.5 ThisInternationalStandarddoes not covertemporary operationalmarks ofany kind,permanent marks,dataplates,etc. whichmay berequiredby intergovernmentalagreements,nationallegislationornongovernmentalorganization
30、s other thanISO.NOTE 2 Someof themajorinternationalconventions whosecontainer-markingrequirementsarenot coveredin this InternationalStandardareas follows: International Convention for Safe Containers(UN/IMO1992); Customs Convention on Containers 1956 and1972; Customs Convention on InternationalMovem
31、ent 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),nordoes it,inany way,includeidentificationmarks or safety signs foritems ofcarg
32、owhichmay becarriedinfreight containers.2 NormativereferencesThefollowing standards containprovisions which,throughreferencein this text,constituteprovisions of this InternationalStandard.At the timeofpublication, theeditionsindicated were valid.Allstandards are subject torevision,andparties toagree
33、mentsbasedon this InternationalStandardareencouraged toinvestigate thepossibility ofapplying themost recent editions of the standards indicatedbelow.Members ofIECandISOmaintainregistersofcurrently validInternationalStandards.ISO668: , Series 1freight containers Classification, dimensions and ratings
34、1).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).ISO1496-3:1995, Series 1freight containers Specification and testing Part3:Tank conta
35、iners 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.(RevisionofISO1496-2:1988)BS EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:20123 B
36、SI 07-1999EN ISO 6346:19954BSI 07-1999ISO1496-5:1991, 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 Automat
37、icidentification.3 Identification system and its associated marks3.1 Identification systemTheidentification system shallconsist onlyof thefollowingelements,allof which shallbeincluded:o wnercode: threeletters;e quipment category identifier:oneletter; serialnumber: sixnumerals; checkdigit:onenumeral.
38、3.1.1 Owner codeThecontainerowners code shallconsist of threecapitalletters, shallbe uniqueand shallberegistered with theInternationalContainerBureau (BIC Bureau Internationaldes Conteneurs),either throughanaffiliatednationalregistrationorganization(seeAnnexG)ordirectly with:Bureau Internationaldes
39、Conteneurs167,ruedeCourcelles75017 ParisFRANCE3.1.2 Equipment category identifierTheequipment category identifierconsists ofonecapitalletterof theLatinalphabetasfollows: Uforallfreight containers; Jfordetachablefreight container-relatedequipment; Zfor trailersandchassis.3.1.3 SerialnumberThecontaine
40、r serialnumber shallconsist of six Arabicnumerals.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
41、 validating thetransmissionaccuracyof theownercodeand 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
42、,i.e.ownercode,equipment category identifier, serialnumberandcheckdigit,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 t
43、o thehumaneye.4 Size and type codes and theirassociated marks4.1 PurposeThe typeandmainexternaldimensions ofthecontainer shallbeidentified withcodes markedonthecontainer.Only thosefreight containers whichcomply withboth theISO top-handlingcapability and structural stackingrequirements set forthinISO
44、1496 shallbemarked with sizeand typecodes inaccordance 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, sh
45、allbe usedas a whole,i.e.theinformationmustnot bebrokenintoits componentparts.The sizeand typecodes shallbedisplayedinaccordance withclause 6.4.2.1 Size: two alphanumericcharactersThecontainer size(i.e.externaldimensions) shallbeindicatedby twocharacters as follows: First character:numericoralphabet
46、iccharacterrepresenting thelength. Secondcharacter:numericoralphabeticcharacterrepresenting thewidthand theheight.These twocharacters shallbedeterminedinaccordance withAnnex D.4.2.2 Type: two charactersThecontainer typeandmaincharacteristics shallbeindicatedby twocharacters as follows: First charact
47、er:alphabeticcharacterrepresenting thecontainer type. Secondcharacter:numericcharacterrepresentingmaincharacteristics related to thecontainer type.These twocharacters shallbe selectedinaccordancewithAnnex E.BS EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012EN ISO 6346:1995+A3:2012 BSI 07-1999EN ISO 6346:1995BSI 07-1999 5N
48、OTE 3 For thepurposeofexchangingdata whenindicationofthemaincharacteristicsis not essential, the“typegroupcodedesignation”as showninAnnex Ecanbe used.5 OperationalmarksThemarks in this sectionarenot intended tocorrespond toany particularcode(e.g.for useindata transmissionorany otherpurpose).They are
49、solelyintendedas markings for useonfreight containers toconveycertaininformationorgivevisual warnings.5.1 Mandatory operationalmarks5.1.1 Maximumgross and tare massesThemaximumgross and taremasses shallbemarkedonacontaineras:For safety reasons,containers testedincompliancewith theapprovedmethods specifiedin that part ofISO1496 applicable to the typeofcontainerinquestion,i.e.parts1,2,3,4or5ofISO1496, shallbe uniformly marked with themaximumgross mass usedfor those tests.Furthermore, the“maximumgross mass”marke
