集装箱作为一种运输设备,目前在全世界海上运输、陆路运输、航空运输中得到极其广泛的应用,它已成为多式联运(汽车、火车、船舶和飞机之间)中使用的主要运输用具。随着改革开放的不断深入,我国的集装箱运输事业得到了迅猛发展,集装箱制造业连续几年居世界首位,我国已成为国际集装箱生产大国。 Containers, as a type of transport equipment, are now used in a very wide range of applications worldwide for maritime transport, land transport and air transport. They have become the main means of transport used in multimodal transport (between cars, trains, ships and aircraft). With the continuous deepening of reform and opening up, China’s container shipping industry has witnessed rapid development. The container manufacturing industry ranks the first in the world for several consecutive years. China has become a big international container producer.