Shipping container
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A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with "intermodal freight container", a container designed to be moved from one mode of transport to another without unloading and reloading.
A flatcar with a 20 ft tanktainer and an open-top 20 ft container with canvas cover
Typical corrugated box (RSC)
A typical IBC.
Example of steel drum
Pallet
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A pallet is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a front loader, a jacking device, or an erect crane. Many pallets can handle a load of 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). While most pallets are wooden, pallets can also be made of plastic, metal, paper, and recycled materials.
The classic wooden pallet, with a glove for scale.
A plastic skid with nine legs, which can be lifted from all four sides. This type of transport is commonly called a pallet, but since it has no bottom it is technically a skid.
A metal pallet with removable beams, in this case for firewood
Automated palletizer of bread with industrial KUKA robots at a bakery in Germany