A dry van container is normally airtight, effectively preventing any outside element from damaging the goods that are shipped. Most of standard dry cargo containers are made of steel. Some of shipping dry containers is also made of aluminum. The aluminum made dry containers is slightly larger pay load than the dry containers manufactured by steel. These standard dry cargo containers are completely sealed off and water resistant. Standard shipping containers are used for most of the cargo movement domestically and internationally for almost all dry goods, boxes, pallets, sacks, barrels etc. .

• Most of these standard dry shipping cargo containers are manufactured with good plywood flooring.
• These containers are manufactured in accordance with ISO standard, in such way to transfer from different modes of transport like trucks, ships, trains etc. one another.