Standards
IICL
5 Guide for container Equipment
inspection 5th Edition
This is a standard, which by the federation of the container
leasing companies (IICL) and the federation of the
shipping companies (ICS) one sketched jointly, and
world-wide with the exchange of containers between
leasing companies and shipping companies one uses.
IICL5 inspection Criteria valid
since 1. November 1996.
5.1 Rail inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
All
rails, including side rails, headers, sills,
gussets and rain gutter |
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Holed, cut,
torn or cracked; broken component and/or
weld |
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Repair |
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Missing/loose
parts or fasteners |
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Repair |
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Any deformation
such as bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If exceeds ISO
dimensional tolerances, see Table 5.9
Repair |
Top and bottom
rails |
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Bend or dent
within 250 mm (10 in) of a corner fitting |
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Examine weld or other connection to corner
fitting carefully. Repair if broken,
cut, cracked, etc. |
Top side rails and front and rear headers |
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Any deformation such as bend, bow, dent,
etc. EXCEPT on a header extension plate or
corner protection plate (see Table 5.5)
NOTE:
For open upward containers see Table 5.10 concerning max. allowed
dents
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Front header
and flat bar top side rails: If more than
25mm (1 in) deep
Repair
Box section top side rails: If more than
30mm (1-3/16 in) deep
Repair
Door
header: If more than 35mm (1-3/8 in) deep
Repair
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Rain gutters |
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Any deformation
such as bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If door
operation or securement is impaired
Repair |
Bottom side
rails, front and door sills |
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Any deformation
such as bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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ON A FLANGE: If
torn cracked or cut
Repair
ON A
WEB: If more than 50mm (2 in) deep
Repair
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Door headers
and sills |
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Interference
with door closure, securement and/or
wheather tightness |
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Repair |
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upward |
5.2 Post inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
All
corner posts, including J-bars |
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Holed, cut or
torn; broken component and/or weld |
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Repair |
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Missing/loose
parts or fasteners |
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Repair |
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Any deformation
such as bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If exceeds ISO
dimensional tolerances, see Table 5.9
Repair |
All corner posts, front and rear |
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Any single deformation such as bend, bow,
dent, etc. |
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If more than 25mm (1 in) deep
Repair |
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Two (2) or more dents on a single post |
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If each is more than 15 mm (9/16 in) deep
Repair |
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Cracks |
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Repair |
Rear corner posts |
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Interference with door operation, securement
or water tightness |
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Repair |
J-bars |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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Door must be able to open fully (270°). If
door operation is impaired
Repair |
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upward |
5.3 Front-/Side Panel
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
All side/front panels |
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Holed, cut, torn or cracked; broken
component and/or weld |
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Repair |
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Missing/loose
parts or fasteners |
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Repair |
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Each deformation such as bucklings or becoming
baggy |
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If external ISO exceeded mass, as described 5.9
in table.
Repair |
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Any deformation such as bend, dent, etc., on
inboard or outboard face of corrugation or
on flat portion of marking panel |
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If more than 35 mm (1-3/8 in) deep,
Repair , or if exceeds ISO dimensional
tolerances, see Table 5.9
Repair |
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Any bow
involving the length or height of a wall
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If internal dimensions are reduced by more
than 50 mm (2 in)
Repair |
Interior panel liners |
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Holes in full-height liners
Note: Holes in partial height liners do not
require repair, providing, they do not
interfere with cargo. Full-height liners,
however, must be repaired by TIR regulations,
i.e. if any hole has a diameter of more than
10 mm (3/8 in). |
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Repair |
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Cut, torn or broken; missing or loose
fasteners |
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Repair |
Ventilator covers |
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Broken, missing, etc. |
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If cracked or broken in raised, non
perforated area of ventolator enclosing air
passage,
Repair, OR if damage exceeds TIR opening
limit of 10 mm (3/8 in)
Repair |
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upward |
5.4 Door inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Door assembly, including hardware |
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Holed, cut,
torn, cracked; broken component and/or weld |
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Repair |
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Missing/loose
parts or fasteners |
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Repair |
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Any deformation
such as bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If door
operation or securement is impaired,
Repair, OR if exceeds
ISO dimensional tolerances, see Table 5.9
Repair |
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Seized, frozen or stiff |
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If door operation or securement is impaired
Repair |
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Not watertight |
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Repair |
Door panels |
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Bend, dent, etc. |
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If more than 35 mm (1-3/8 in) deep
Repair |
Door gaskets |
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Loose or missing |
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Repair |
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Cut, torn cracked or burned |
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If not lighttight AND watertight
Repair |
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upward |
5.5 Roof inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Roof panels, header extension plates, corner
protection plates and roof bows |
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Holed, cut,
torn, cracked; broken component and/or weld |
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Repair |
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Missing or
loose parts or fasteners |
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Repair |
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Any deformation
such as bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If exceeds ISO
dimensional tolerances, see Table 5.9
Repair |
Roof bows |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If more than 50 mm (2 in) in any direction
Repair |
Corner protection plates and header
extension plates |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If more than 50 mm (2 in) see Table 5.9
Repair |
All roof panels |
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Bend, dent, etc. |
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If more than 35 mm (1-3/8 in) deep on any
corrugation inboard or outboard
Repair |
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Any bow
involving the length or width of the roof |
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If internal dimensions are reduced by more
than 50 mm (2 in)
Repair |
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upward |
5.6 Floor inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Floor, including threshold plate and
hat-section center spacer |
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Holed |
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If light leaks,
regardless of diameter of hole
Repair |
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Broken component and/or weld; missing, loose
or protruding parts or fasteners
Note: No repair is necessary to cracked or
broken welds of center spacers if light does
not leak. |
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Repair |
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Light leakage gaps between boards |
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Repair |
Wooden flooring |
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Delamination, splinters |
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Repair |
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Gouges (regardless of length) |
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If more than 15 mm (9/16 in) deep, Repair
,OR if more than 5 mm (3/16 in) deep,
throughout a width of more than 150 mm (6
in) of gouge
Repair |
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Different heights of surface of adjacent
planks or panels or between top plates of
tunnel and fork pockets and floor boards
Note: for open-top containers, see Table
5.10 |
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If difference is more than 5 mm (3/16 in)
Repair |
Plank flooring |
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Cracked or split |
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If light leaks
Repair |
Threshold plate |
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Bent upwards |
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If more than 5 mm (3/16 in)
Repair |
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upward |
5.7 Understructure inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Crossmembers, forklift pocket components (including
straps), outrigger, gooseneck tunnel
components |
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Holed, cut, torn, cracked; broken component
and/or weld |
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Repair |
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Missing or loose parts or fasteners |
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If exceeds ISO dimensional tolerances, see
Table 5.9
Repair |
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Holed, cut, torn,
cracked; broken component and/or weld |
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If more than 50 mm (2 in) in any direction
Repair |
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Any deformation such as bend, bow, dent,
etc. |
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If more than 50 mm (2 in) in any direction
Repair |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc. ON A BOTTOM FLANGE |
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If torn cracked or cut
Repair |
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Bend, bow, dent,
etc. ON A TOP FLANGE |
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If intrudes more than 50 mm (2 in) into
container
Repair |
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OP FLANGE
separated from bottom of wood or steel
flooring |
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If separation at point of attachment to
floor, measured at formed edge of top flange,
is more than 10 mm (3/8 in)
Repair |
Gooseneck tunnel assembly and forklift
pocket top plate |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc. |
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If more than 50 mm (2 in)
Repair |
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upward |
5.8 Cleanlynes inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Interior and exterior |
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Labels, including hazardous cargo labels |
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Repair |
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Contamination (hazardous or potentially
hazardous) |
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If condition could threaten human life or
health, container may be rejected at gate.
Otherwise, segregate container and contact
redelivery agent to establish type of
contaminant and appropriate treatment.
Do not attempt to repair until
instructions are received. |
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Tape over ventilotors |
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Repair |
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Paint attack due to corrosive cargoes or
spillage |
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Repair |
Interior, including walls, ceiling and floor |
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Organic cargo residues, e.g. beans, grain,
etc., within floor cracks between floor
boards or within sidewall corrugations |
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Repair |
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Materials (other than normal dust and dirt)
stuck to caulking |
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Repair |
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Debris or dunnage in excess of what would
normally remain after a sweep out |
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Repair |
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Transferable stains, mold or fungus (except
tire marks) |
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Repair |
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Loose or not
fully adhered tape or other material |
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Repair |
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Patch (of any
size) of sticky glue, including sticky tape
and any sticky adhesive residue |
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Repair |
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Infestation (except
non transferable mold) |
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Repair |
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Persistant odor |
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Repair |
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Condensation or
standing water |
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Repair |
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Cargo securement
devices, e.g. , cables, chains, wire, rope,
etc., left in container |
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Repair |
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Graffiti |
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If not obviously
related to carriage of cargo
Repair |
Exterior |
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Graffiti |
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Repair |
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Spillage which
renders markings required by regulations
illegible |
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Repair |
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upward |
5.9 Miscellaneous
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Painted surfaces |
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Burns or contamination due to fire or
contact with foreign substances |
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Repair |
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Damage to paint film down to bare metall
caused by abbrasive bulk cargo that effects
the whole of any interior surface |
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Repair |
Interior floor surfaces |
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Nails with heads above top of floor |
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Repair |
Lashing fittings |
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Broken parts and/or welds; missing or loose
parts or fasteners |
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Repair |
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Bent |
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If more than 50 mm (2 in) into interior of
container
Repair |
Markings required by regulations,
international standard or owner |
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Missing, loose or defaced |
|
Repair |
Marking plates |
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Loose, broken, missing plate or fasteners;
illegable data |
|
Repair |
Corner fittings and their weld attachments |
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Cracked, broken, loose; apertures outside
ISO dimensional tolerances |
|
Repair |
Entire container |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc.,that effects ISO
required diagonal dimensions between corner
fitting appertures |
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If deformation exceeds ISO tolerances
Repair |
End frame components (corner posts, front
panel, doors, headers, sills, corner
fittings) |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc., that affects other
ISO required dimensions |
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If deformation exceeds ISO tolerances plus 5
mm (3/16 in)
Repair |
Entire container, EXCEPT end frame
components |
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Bend, bow, dent, etc., that affects other
ISO required dimensions |
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If deformation exceeds ISO tolerances plus
10 mm (3/8 in)
Repair |
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upward |
5.10 Open-Top inspection
Component |
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Rail inspection |
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Action required |
Top side rails and headers |
|
Dents EXCEPT on a drip pan or header
extension plate |
|
If more than 50 mm (2 in) deep
Repair |
Drip pans and
header extension plates |
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Any deformation such as bend, bow, dent,
etc. |
|
If internal dimensions are reduced by more
than 50 mm (2 in), OR if operation or
securement of swinging header is impaired, Repair,
OR if exceeds ISO dimensional tolerances see
Table 5.9
Repair |
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Not water tight when tarpaulin is installed |
|
Repair |
Swinging headers |
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Seized or frozen hinges |
|
Repair |
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Any deformation such as bend, bow, dent,
etc. that interferes with operation of
header assembly or restricts door opening |
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Repair |
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Header pins or attachment chains missing or
broken |
|
Repair |
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Header pins bent to extent that they do not
fit over entire length of pin |
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Repair |
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Header seals not watertight |
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Repair |
Roof bows and
roof bow holders |
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Roof bows and
roof bow holders that do not mate with each
other |
|
Repair |
Tarpaulins |
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Holed, cut, torn,
missing, of improper size or not watertight
when installed |
|
Repair |
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Missing or
missaligned grommets |
|
Repair |
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Patches not
installed in accordance with TIR regulations |
|
Repair |
TIR cord |
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Cut or bent so
that it cannot be threaded into TIR cord
rings with tarpaulin installed |
|
Repair |
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Not long enough
to be threaded into all TIR cord rings |
|
Repair |
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End piece
inoperable or unable to seal |
|
Repair |
Wooden
flooring |
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Different height
of surfaces of adjacent planks or panels or
between top plates of tunnel and fork
pockets and floor boards |
|
If difference is
more than 10 mm (3/8 in)
Repair |
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upward |
The criteria in Table 5.10 apply ONLY to open-upward
containers. The criteria in Table 5.1 through 5.9,
inclusive, also aply to open-upward containers unless
indicated otherwise in those tables. |