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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

ACLU

Atlantic Container Line

ACTU

Associated Container Transportation (Australia)

ADCU

Flexi Van Leasing
New York

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
Railways Montreal

CONU

Contrans Gesellschaft Fur
Containerverkehr Hamburg

COSU

China Ocean Steamships China

CPPU

Canadian Pacific Montreal

CSSU

Crusader Swire Container
Services London

CSYU

Textainer Equipment
Management SFO

CTAU

Cooltainer Services

CTIU

Genstar Container Corporation

CTUU

CTC (Equipment) AG Basle

CWSU

Containerworld Leaing Southampton

DANU

Danzas SA Switzerland

DEDU

Interpool Equipment
Management SFO

DLLU

Textainer Equipment
Management SFO

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
( K Line ) Kerr Corporation
San Francisco

EICU

Containerworld Leasing Southhampton

EMCU

Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan

ESSU

K Line Japan

FBZU

Fairbreeze Shipping Co

FFFU

Freightways (Overseas)
Manchester

FLXU

Itel Containers International USA

FRCU

FRC Financement
et Relocation S.A

FRSU

Fairbreeze Shipping Co

FSB

Australia National Line

FSC

Australia National Line

FSE

Australia National Line

FSR

Australia National Line

FVIU

Flexi Van Leasing
New York

GCDU

P&O Containers

GLCU

Flexi Van Leasing
New York

GLSU

Zim Israel Navigation
Tel Aviv

GMEU

Global Equipment Management
San Francisco

GSTU

Genstar Container Corporation
San Francisco

HAMU / HLCU

Hapag Lloyd
Hamburg

HTMU

Lu Hai Developing
Hong Kong

HDCU

Hung Dao Container
Joint Stock Co.

ICCU

ICCU Containers Italy

ICIU

Intermodal Equipment San Francisco

ICSU

Transamerica
Container Leasing USA

IEAU

Intermodal Equipment San Francisco

IKKU

ICCU Container Fleet

IKSU

Transamerica Container Leasing USA

INBU

Interpool USA

IOLU

Textainer Equipment

ITLU

Itel Corporation
San Francisco

JLCU

Johnson Line A.B

JLLU

Nippon Liner System

JLSU

Joon Liner Services
Netherlands

JSSU

China Navigation London

KNLU

Nedlloyd Lines Rotterdam

LANU

Catu Containers Switzerland

LPIU

Leasing Partners Netherlands Antilles

LTIU

Lloyde Triestino
Italy

MLCU

Matson Leasing

MNLU

Malaysian International Shipping Corporation

MSKU

Maersk Sealand

MOLU

Mistui OSK Lines
Tokyo

MSCU

Mediterranean Shipping

NCLU

Interocean Leasing

NEPU

Neptune Orient Lines Singapore

NICU

Nippon International Container Service

NLSU

Nautilus Leasing
San Francisco

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
New Zealand

POLU

Polish Ocean Lines Poland

PSBU

Contship Container Lines

PXCU

Phoenix
Container Lines Hong Kong

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
New York

SCIU

Sea Containers

SCLU

Sea Containers
London

SCPU

Seaco Pacific
Hong Kong

SCXU

Sea Containers
London

SEAU

Sealand Services
New York

SISU

SSI Container Corporation
San Francisco

SSLU

Shaw Savill & Albion London

SMZU

United Container Systems (Germany)

STTU

Shirstar Container Transport UK

SUDU

Hamburg Sudamerkanische Hamburg

SUNU

Suntory Osaka

SUKU

Interocean leasing

SVTU

Sojuzvenshtrans
Moscow

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
San Francisco

TPHU

Tiphook Container London

TRIU

Triton Container
San Francisco

UACU

United Arab Shipping Liverpool

UASU

United Arab Shipping Liverpool

UCLU

Unicorn Lines
Durban

UCSU

Unicontainer Sri
Genoa

UFCU

Itec Containers Intl

USCO

Union Steamship Co of NZ Wellington

USLU

United States Lines
New York

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
Oslo Norway

XCLU

Textainer Services
U.K

XRTU

XTRA Inc
Boston USA

YMLU

Yangming Marine Transport USA

YSFF

Nippon Liner Services

ZBXU

Zim Israel Navigation
Tel Aviv

ZCLU

Zim Israel Navigation
Tel Aviv

ZCSU

Zim Israel Navigation
Tel Aviv

ZIMU

Zim Israel Navigation
Tel Aviv

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