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Multimodal Transport: Standardized Cargo Container

With large ships, fast trains and powerful locomotives there comes a possibility to ship bulk goods across both land and sea. However convenient combining these modes of transportation requires a way of quick reloading the goods. This normalized shipping container is the core element of a new system offered by Sach'aqa Industries and designed to do exactly this. Its interior can fit either:
- 5 stockpiles of stone,
- 5 stockpiles of logs,
- 7 stockpiles of lumber,
- 18 large chests of mixed goods.
The containers can be easily stacked on top of each other (provided an appropriate crane is available on site) which makes them convenient for storage in stations/warehouses and on ships. A single container's crossection is just 2.5x2.5m which permits transportation on the dedicated rail platforms https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1879620856 or by trucks without the danger of getting stuck in the tunnels.

External dimension (small blocks): 10x10x38.

Placement on the floor: Container's tabs make it's placement on the floor/deck a bit risky. For safe placement on ships or in warehouses one can use the dedicated nest: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?edit=true&id=1880357527.

Use on rail platform: Note that the tabs on the container are asymmetric. This is to prevent incorrect placement on the rail platform. The container has to be placed on it in specific orientation.

Warning: For safe transportation the container has to be tied to the platform/deck/container below by the rope at its corners.

Disclaimer: The container is shipped as an empty shell. It is up to the user to customize it, i.e. fill it with stockpiles or chests (see the screenshots). These can be then easily accessed through the plank wall.

Many thanks to mod authors, especially to Equinox, Wolfgar7474, Xaerthus and Johnbeere, whose work has been used in this creation.

If you like tinkering with trains, cars, ships, airplanes and other crazy contraptions in ME, consider visiting the "Medieval Industrialists" discord: https://discord.gg/VUMmkQe.