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About: Types of containers. Dry Van : these are the standard containers. Hermetically sealed and without refrigeration or ventilation. Metallic : like the standard ones, but not hermetically sealed and without refrigeration. Commonly used for transporting waste and garbage by road. High Cube : standard containers, mostly 40 feet; their main feature is their extra height (9.6 feet). Reefer : Refrigerated containers, either 40 or 20 feet, but with a hot or cold preservation system and thermostat. They must be connected to the ship and the terminal, or even to the truck if possible, or to an external generator, and operate under three-phase current. Open Top : of the same dimensions as the previous ones, but open at the top. The goods may protrude but, in this case, supplements are paid depending on how much cargo has been left unloaded due to this excess. Flat Rack : they also lack side walls and even, depending on the case, front and rear walls. They are used for atypical loads and pay surcharges in the same way as the open top. Open Side : its main characteristic is that it is open on one of its sides, its dimensions are 20 or 40 feet. It is used for loads of greater dimensions in length that cannot be loaded through the door of the container. Tank or Tank Container : for bulk liquid transports. It is a tank contained within a series of steel beams that delimit an orthohedron whose dimensions are equivalent to those of a dry van. In this way, the tank enjoys the advantages inherent to a container: it can be stacked and can travel in any of the typical means of intermodal transport. Flexi-Tank : for bulk liquid transports. They are an alternative to the tank container. A flexi-tank consists of a standard container (dry van), usually 20 feet, inside which a flexible single-use polyethylene tank called flexibag is fixed.