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Flat Rack Container

What is a Flat Rack Container?

A flat rack container is used for transporting or storing cargo with a unique dimension. As the name implies, the container is flat and cargo can be loaded either from the sides or from the top.

Cargo such as trucks, yachts oversized vehicles, boats, cranes, turbine blades, ship propellers, generators, large engines, construction equipment, et cetera are loaded mostly on the flat rack container.

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