Corner Castings / Corner Fittings
Corner castings or Corner fittings are the corners of an ISO shipping container. They are the structural element allowing a shipping container to be connected to: (1) other containers both horizontally and vertically, and (2) transport modes including ship, rail, and road. In addition, corner castings allow shipping containers to be picked up and moved around as required.
A standard 96" wide ISO container uses 8 corner castings consisting of:
Top Left - 2 pcs
Top Right - 2 pcs
Bottom Left - 2 pcs
Bottom Right - 2 pcs
Click on the 'Corner Castings Flyer' link next to 'Product Documents' above for dimensional drawings and illustration. Notice how the top and bottom corner fittings are not exactly the same. The top corner fitting has an Acorn shape side hole whereas that of the bottom corner fitting is a semicircle. Such shape and dimensions are dictated by ISO 1161.
All 8 corner castings of an 96" wide ISO container or a corresponding CTU have to be particularly strong. They work with the corner posts and the other basic components of the container frame to absorb the forces that locking units or lashings exert when containers are stacked on top of one another, and during handling and transport.
In addition to carbon steel material, we have corner fittings available in stainless steel and aluminum
