SECU, Stora Enso Cargo Unit, is a type of intermodal container

Intermodal container

An intermodal container is a standardized reusable steel box used for the safe, efficient and secure storage and movement of materials and products within a global containerized intermodal freight transport system...

 (shipping container) built to transport bulk cargo like paper on railway and ship.

A SECU looks like a standard 40-foot ISO-Container but is bigger, measuring 13.8×3.6×3.6 metres and which can carry 80 tonnes of cargo. This is compared to the normal 12.2×2.7×2.4-metre size and 26.5 tonne load of an ISO-Container.

A SECU is too big and heavy to be transported on road (ISO-Containers are designed to fit roads), and instead they are transported only by railway and ship. A special vehicle or crane is used to load and unload them. Special railcars are also needed. They can be transported on truck ferries.

They are invented and used by Stora Enso

Stora Enso

Stora Enso Oyj is a Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company Stora and Finnish forestry products company Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1998. It is headquartered in Helsinki, and it has approximately 29,000 employees...

 (forest and paper company). The ports used are mainly Kotka

Kotka

Kotka is a town and municipality of Finland. Its former name is Rochensalm.Kotka is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of Kymi River and it is part of the Kymenlaakso region in southern Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water....

, Göteborg, Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge

Zeebrugge is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zeebrugge and a seafront resort with hotels, cafés, a marina and a beach.-Location:...

, Tilbury

Tilbury

Tilbury is a town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. As a settlement it is of relatively recent existence, although it has important historical connections, being the location of a 16th century fort and an ancient cross-river ferry...

, Immingham

Immingham

Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...

, Lübeck

Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...

 and Oulu

Oulu

Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

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External links

• http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/kalmar_industries_ab_/pressrelease/view/92518 Kalmar power to drive Stora Enso cargo units operation for Port of Kotka
• http://ec.europa.eu/transport/intermodality/motorways_sea/doc/2006_01_24_conference/vehvilainen_en.pdf MOTORWAYS OF THE SEA
• http://www.storaenso.com/media-centre/press-releases/2004/01/Pages/stora-enso-launches-a-joint-transport-supply-syste.aspx Stora Enso launches a joint Transport Supply System for the Nordic mills
• http://www.freightfreeways.com/media/Presentations/06%20-%20Stora%20Enso%20Clason.pdf RailNetEurope 2005-12-02 Stora Enso Transport and Distribution