SECU (container)
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SECU, Stora Enso Cargo Unit, is a type of intermodal container (shipping container) built to transport bulk cargo like paper on railway and ship.
A SECU looks like a standard 40-foot ISO-Container but is bigger, measuring 13.8×3.6×3.6 metres and which can carry 80 tonnes of cargo. This is compared to the normal 12.2×2.7×2.4-metre size and 26.5 tonne load of an ISO-Container.
A SECU is too big and heavy to be transported on road (ISO-Containers are designed to fit roads), and instead they are transported only by railway and ship. A special vehicle or crane is used to load and unload them. Special railcars are also needed. They can be transported on truck ferries.
They are invented and used by Stora Enso (forest and paper company). The ports used are mainly Kotka, Göteborg, Zeebrugge, Tilbury, Immingham, Lübeck and Oulu.
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- http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/kalmar_industries_ab_/pressrelease/view/92518 Kalmar power to drive Stora Enso cargo units operation for Port of Kotka
- http://ec.europa.eu/transport/intermodality/motorways_sea/doc/2006_01_24_conference/vehvilainen_en.pdf MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA
- http://www.storaenso.com/media-centre/press-releases/2004/01/Pages/stora-enso-launches-a-joint-transport-supply-syste.aspx Stora Enso launches a joint Transport Supply System for the Nordic mills
- http://www.freightfreeways.com/media/Presentations/06%20-%20Stora%20Enso%20Clason.pdf RailNetEurope 2005-12-02 Stora Enso Transport and Distribution
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