Container prefix lookup: whose box is it, and where to track it

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All 85 prefixes, A to Z

A leasing company's prefix (TGHU, TCLU and CAIU …)

• Triton International: TRLU, TCLU, TCNU, TCKU, TTNU
• Textainer: TGHU, TEXU, TEMU, TGBU, MAGU, SEGU, GESU
• Florens: FCIU, FSCU
• CAI (Mitsubishi HC Capital): CAIU, BEAU, BMOU
• SeaCube Containers: INBU
• Touax: TGCU
• CARU Containers: CARU
• UES International: UESU
• Blue Sky Intermodal: BSIU
• Raffles Lease: RFCU

243 more prefixes: the register alone

• Maersk (one source): APMU, CADU, CNIU, COZU, ENAU, FAAU, FRLU, GRIU, HASU, KHJU, KHLU, KNLU, LOTU, MALU, MCAU, MCHU, MCRU, MHHU, MIEU, MMAU, MRFU, MSAU, MSFU, MSWU, MVIU, MWCU, MWMU, OCLU, POCU, SCMU, TORU
• MSC (one source): MADU, MSBU, MSGU, MSRU, MSTU, MSVU, MSZU
• CMA CGM (one source): AMCU, ANNU, APRU, CMNU, CSFU, CSOU, CZLU, DVRU, KLCU, MMCU, NOLU, NOSU, OPDU, OTAU, SMUU, SOFU, STMU
• COSCO Shipping Lines (one source): CSGU
• Hapag-Lloyd (one source): CASU, CMUU, CPSU, CSQU, CSVU, DAYU, FANU, ITAU, IVLU, LNXU, MOMU, NDSU, NIDU, QIBU, QNNU, TLEU, TMMU, UASU
• ONE (Ocean Network Express) (one source): AKLU, KLTU, MOEU, MOFU, MOGU, MORU, MOSU, MOTU
• Evergreen (one source): EGMU, EMEU, EVGU
• HMM (one source): KOCU
• ZIM (one source): ZCLU
• Wan Hai Lines (one source): TPCU, WHAU, WHCU
• PIL (Pacific International Lines) (one source): PIDU
• Matson (one source): CXCU, HRZU
• Triton International (one source): EQRU, GCXU, HNSU, ICSU, IKSU, MTRU, TBIU, TBRU, TDRU, TDTU, TIIU, TLLU, TNTU, TOLU, TPHU, TRDU, TRHU, TRIU, TRVU, YOIU
• Textainer (one source): AMFU, AMZU, AXIU, CEOU, CHIU, CLHU, CLOU, CRSU, CRTU, CRXU, CUCU, CXDU, CXRU, CXSU, CXTU, DNAU, GAEU, GATU, GAZU, GCEU, GSTU, HCIU, HJMU, IEAU, LLTU, MAXU, MGLU, MLCU, OCGU, PRSU, RFSU, SBOU, SCEU, SCXU, SCZU, SEKU, SELU, SEMU, TENU, THLU, TXBU, TXGU, TXTU, WCIU, XINU
• Florens (one source): DFOU, DFSU, FBIU, FBLU, FCGU, FCLU, FCXU, FFAU, FJKU, FNBU, FNGU, FNTU, FTAU, JTMU, PGXU
• CAI (Mitsubishi HC Capital) (one source): BENU, CAAU, CAHU, CAJU, CAOU, CAXU, CAZU, CESU, CIPU, CMHU, CNEU, CZZU, NEVU, OTEU, SKYU, SKZU, STJU
• SeaCube Containers (one source): CRLU, CTWU, DRYU, GAOU, GIPU, GSPU, INKU, INNU, INTU, IPXU, IRNU, MGNU, MTSU, MTYU, OTPU, SDDU, SZLU, WBPU
• Touax (one source): GLDU, GRDU, PGTU, TBTU, TGSU, TLRU
• CARU Containers (one source): ALNU, ARDU, ARTU, CAEU, CATU, CORU, CUBU, LCRU, LGEU, MANU, MARU, OFFU, PSCU, RLXU, RTHU, SCSU, TRTU, WEDU, WSCU
• UES International (one source): GUTU, GVCU, GVDU, UECU, UETU, UXXU
• Blue Sky Intermodal (one source): SKIU
• Raffles Lease (one source): FPTU, MBJU, RLTU

A prefix is not a bill of lading

A prefix that is not here

• Read the letters again on the door: O and 0, I and 1, U and V are the usual misreadings.
• The fourth letter of a container prefix is U; J and Z mark equipment that is not a container.
• A code that is not in this table may still be registered: the BIC register's own search lists every owner code.