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PCT No. PCT/GB93/01333 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 31, 1994 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 31, 1994 PCT Filed Jun. 24, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/00369 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 1994.A cargo container of non-standard length comprises a base, a roof, an opposed pair of side walls extending between the base and the roof and joined thereto along the lower and upper edges of the side walls respectively, an opposed pair of end walls adjoining the side walls along four corner edges of the container, opposed pairs of lift fittings mounted along the upper edges of the side walls at spacings in board of the corner edges and spaced apart from each other along the upper edges by predetermined distances to correspond to requirements of standard container lifter device and a respective portal frame arranged to strengthen the roof and the side walls at a position corresponding to the location of each pair of opposed lift fittings in which each lift fitting comprises a hollow body arranged to receive a respective container lifter device, an upper recess in the hollow body to allow the container lifter device to enter the body, a lower recess arranged to receive an inner post stiffener and to rigidly secure the fitting thereto with the inner stiffener being secured to an outer post forming an upright member of the respective portal frame.
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