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Guide to Container Code Prefixes
Here is a guide to the owner of the shipping container.
The prefix can be found on the shipping container before the container number.
Prefix | Owner | Prefix | Owner |
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ACLU | Atlantic Container Line | ACTU | Associated Container Transportation (Australia) |
ADCU | Flexi Van Leasing | AEIU | American Export Lines Inc |
AJCU | Australia Japan Container Line | ANB | Australia National Line |
ANBU | ABC Containerline Antwerp | ANC | Australia National Line |
ANE | Australia National Line | ANF | Australia National Line |
ANR | Australia National Line | ANNU | Australia National Line |
ANZU | Danzas SA Paris | ASGU | Anglo – Soviet Shipping England |
ASLU | Australia Straits Container Line | BKLU | The Bank Line |
BLPU | Bridge Line | BSLU | Blue Star Line |
CAMU | Cunard Steamships London | CATU | CATU Containers SA Geneva |
CCCU | Compass Container Line | CLIU | Container Lloyd (USA) |
CGMU | Compagnie Generale Maritime | CHSU | Chep Handling Systems |
CILU | Container Investment Leasing Zurich | CLBU | Container Leasing AG Basle |
CLGU | Contship Container Lines | CLIU | Container Lloyd (USA) |
CLOU | CLOU Container Leasing GmbH | CLSU | Container Leasing Services London |
CNEU | Canadian National | CONU | Contrans Gesellschaft Fur |
COSU | China Ocean Steamships China | CPPU | Canadian Pacific Montreal |
CSSU | Crusader Swire Container | CSYU | Textainer Equipment |
CTAU | Cooltainer Services | CTIU | Genstar Container Corporation |
CTUU | CTC (Equipment) AG Basle | CWSU | Containerworld Leaing Southampton |
DANU | Danzas SA Switzerland | DEDU | Interpool Equipment |
DLLU | Textainer Equipment | EAB | Australia National Line |
EAC | Australia National Line | EACU | East Asiatic Co Copenhagen |
EAE | Australia National Line | EAF | Australai national Line |
EAR | Australia National Line | EKLU | Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha |
EICU | Containerworld Leasing Southhampton | EMCU | Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan |
ESSU | K Line Japan | FBZU | Fairbreeze Shipping Co |
FFFU | Freightways (Overseas) | FLXU | Itel Containers International USA |
FRCU | FRC Financement | FRSU | Fairbreeze Shipping Co |
FSB | Australia National Line | FSC | Australia National Line |
FSE | Australia National Line | FSR | Australia National Line |
FVIU | Flexi Van Leasing | GCDU | P&O Containers |
GLCU | Flexi Van Leasing | GLSU | Zim Israel Navigation |
GMEU | Global Equipment Management | GSTU | Genstar Container Corporation |
HAMU / HLCU | Hapag Lloyd | HTMU | Lu Hai Developing |
HDCU | Hung Dao Container |
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ICCU | ICCU Containers Italy | ICIU | Intermodal Equipment San Francisco |
ICSU | Transamerica | IEAU | Intermodal Equipment San Francisco |
IKKU | ICCU Container Fleet | IKSU | Transamerica Container Leasing USA |
INBU | Interpool USA | IOLU | Textainer Equipment |
ITLU | Itel Corporation | JLCU | Johnson Line A.B |
JLLU | Nippon Liner System | JLSU | Joon Liner Services |
JSSU | China Navigation London | KNLU | Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam |
LANU | Catu Containers Switzerland | LPIU | Leasing Partners Netherlands Antilles |
LTIU | Lloyde Triestino | MLCU | Matson Leasing |
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| MNLU | Malaysian International Shipping Corporation |
MSKU | Maersk Sealand |
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MOLU | Mistui OSK Lines | MSCU | Mediterranean Shipping |
NCLU | Interocean Leasing | NEPU | Neptune Orient Lines Singapore |
NICU | Nippon International Container Service | NLSU | Nautilus Leasing |
NOLU | Neptune Orient Lines Singapore | NOSU | Neptune Orient Lines Singapore |
NUSU | Neptune Orient Lines Singapore | NYKE | Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo |
NYKR | Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo | NYKU | Nippon Yusen Kaisha Tokyo |
NZLU | New Zealand Line | OCLU | P&O Containers |
OCPU | P&O Containers | OOLU | Orient Overseas Containerline Taiwan |
PACU | Pacifica Shipping |
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POLU | Polish Ocean Lines Poland | PSBU | Contship Container Lines |
PXCU | Phoenix | RILU | Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam |
RLAU | Australian Reefer Leasing | RODU | Government of Mauritius Port Louis |
ROYU | Nedlloyd Lines | SACU | Scan Carriers Hovik Norway |
SAFU | South African Marine Cape Town | SAMU | South African Marine Cape Town |
SCDU | Sea Containers | SCIU | Sea Containers |
SCLU | Sea Containers | SCPU | Seaco Pacific |
SCXU | Sea Containers | SEAU | Sealand Services |
SISU | SSI Container Corporation | SSLU | Shaw Savill & Albion London |
SMZU | United Container Systems (Germany) |
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STTU | Shirstar Container Transport UK | SUDU | Hamburg Sudamerkanische Hamburg |
SUNU | Suntory Osaka | SUKU | Interocean leasing |
SVTU | Sojuzvenshtrans | TCLU | TCL Tankcargo Container New York |
TSCU | Trans Container Leasing Basel | TEDU | Teco BmbH Hamburg |
TEXU | Textainer Equipment | TLEU | Contship Containerline |
TOLU | Trans Ocean Leasing | TPHU | Tiphook Container London |
TRIU | Triton Container | UACU | United Arab Shipping Liverpool |
UASU | United Arab Shipping Liverpool | UCLU | Unicorn Lines |
UCSU | Unicontainer Sri | UFCU | Itec Containers Intl |
USCO | Union Steamship Co of NZ Wellington | USLU | United States Lines |
UXXU | United Container Systems (Germany) | UCSU | United Container Systems (Germany) |
UYLU | United Yugoslav Lines Piran | VNSU | Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam |
WIKU | Textainer Equipment | WWLU | Wilh Wilhelmsen |
XCLU | Textainer Services | XRTU | XTRA Inc |
YMLU | Yangming Marine Transport USA | YSFF | Nippon Liner Services |
ZBXU | Zim Israel Navigation | ZCLU | Zim Israel Navigation |
ZCSU | Zim Israel Navigation | ZIMU | Zim Israel Navigation |
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