000884 A Kalmar container stacker places a Rail Cargo Austria swap-body onto a railroad car at an intermodal center in Hall in Tirol, Austria. This terminal serves the Innsbruck, Austria, area.

Though fully-enclosed, this swap-body is not a true ISO intermodal container as it does not have top-lift fittings and and therefore cannot be stacked with ocean-going containers. With only bottom lift fittings, it can only be lifted with the extendable arms of the container stacker's spreader.

Swap bodies are extremely popular in Europe as they do not require as heavy a construction as ISO containers used in ocean shipping.

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