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The Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal, originally (フランス語:Bureau International des Conteneurs), and still abbreviated BIC, and in English parlance sometimes called ''International Container Bureau''〔(Container Prefixes - CSI Container Services International )〕〔(Online Container Handbook - by Collective German insurers )〕 oversees standards for intermodal containers, commonly referred to as "shipping containers". The goal of the organization is to promote cooperation among corporations, governments and independent organizations relating to intermodal freight transport, the process of containerization, and the transport and handling of shipping containers. BIC was originally established in 1933 under the auspices of the International Chamber of Commerce. The Bureau suspended its operations during World War II, with resumption in 1948. In June 1933, the Bureau decided about obligatory parameters for containers uses in international traffic in Europe. Containers handled by means of lifting gear, such as cranes, overhead conveyors, etc. for traveling elevators (group I containers), constructed after July 1, 1933. Obligatory Regulations: * Clause 1.—Containers are, as regards form, either of the closed or the open type, and, as regards capacity, either of the heavy or the light type. * Clause 2.—The loading capacity of containers must be such that their total weight (load, plus tare) is: 5 metric tons for containers of the heavy type; 2.5 metric tons for containers of the light type; a tolerance of 5 percent excess on the total weight is allowable under the same conditions as for wagon loads. In April 1935 BIC established second standard for European containers: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bureau International des Containers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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