Guides, comparisons, regulations and tools for specifying the right container.
Food grade, taste, light, heat, weight and 304 or 316, by use case.
Which material to choose on permeation, durability, cost and emissions compliance.
When weight decides: payload, toughness, corrosion and cost.
Match the container format to volume and how the liquid is used.
HDPE against LDPE, LLDPE, PP, PET and PVC for jerrycans, pails, drums and tanks.
What PG I, II or III on a safety data sheet means for the container.
Read a UN 3A1 or 3H1 marking, and know what to request from a supplier.
What a fuel can must meet to sell in the US and California.
European Positive Lists replace national regimes from 31 December 2026.
No EU-established operator, no lawful consumer sale.
A round pail is a drum; a square tin is a jerrican.
HS 7310 is a listed good. What the EU importer must do.
Charged by weight below 30% recycled content, on the importer.
Limited quantities and the thousand-point rule, properly.
A portable petrol container is capped at 10 L plastic, 20 L metal.
PPWR makes the importer the producer. Registration, fees and the technical file.
The product standard, and the colour schedule agencies buy to.
Hazard classes, packing groups and the ADR, IMDG and IATA rules.
FDA, EU, WRAS and NSF: what a water or food container must document.
What ADR is, who it binds, its exemptions, and what changes on 1 January 2027.
Bund sizes by state and in NZ law, for drums, IBCs, diesel tanks and spill kits.
What COSHH, DSEAR and HSE guidance ask of a chemical store, cabinet, sign and sump.
Who must appoint a dangerous goods safety adviser, the duties, exams and certificate.
OSHA, EPA and UK rules for a drum store: quantities, bunds, stacking and labels.
Bunds and locks on site, the 450 and 1,000 litre road limits, and safe refuelling.
The 49 CFR shipper checklist: classify, pack, mark, label, document, placard, train.
Air and sea dangerous goods rules: editions, petrol limits, declarations, segregation.
The 200-litre test, the 110% and 25% bund rule, and how the four UK nations differ.
Who is the producer, what to file and the UN packaging rule, market by market.
Storage certificates, the 30 and 275 litre home steps, and where DSEAR takes over.
Who may use red diesel since April 2022, what HMRC checks, and how to store it.
The bund size each country requires, from the UK 110% rule to SPCC and AwSV.
Who needs an SPCC plan, the 1,320 gallon line, PE or self-certification, containment.
Who is a producer, the PackUK fee per tonne, and how cans, pails and tins are treated.
The US term, the UN mark read part by part, and when a package may go without it.
Why the pattern still sets the shape, and why holders are interchangeable.
Match galvanized steel, stainless, HDPE and aluminium to your exact liquid.
The molybdenum difference, and when to pay for 316.
Grades, blow moulding, and what fluorination does for fuel and solvents.
Why diesel exhaust fluid needs a dedicated container.
How a steel can is protected from rust, and what each finish trades off.
Categories 0 to 4, the 1.1.3.6 limit for each, where to find them and tunnel codes.
The 25% rule, tray sizes in litres, plastic or steel, and tray or pallet.
Drum sizes, dimensions, full weights, bungs, UN codes and the storage rules.
What makes a bucket food grade, how to tell, and the papers to ask a supplier for.
Density, melting point, UV, fire, chemicals, food contact and recycling of HDPE.
Sizes, weights, stacking marks, valves, cleaning and the five-year life of a caged tote.
What red, yellow, blue and green mean on a fuel can in the UK, US, Australia and military.
HS 7310 exports and imports by country, the 2020 to 2024 trend and where buyers source.
What NSF 61 certified means, what it tests, and how it differs from NSF 372.
Paint tin sizes, lids, UN 1263 limits and where empty tins go.
SPCC, SPHC, SECC, SS400, DC01, galvanised and stainless: which sheet a can needs.
What tinplate is, F-style can sizes, seams, UN marks, HS codes and recycling.
What a UN number means, how to look one up, and the 12 mm marking rule.
What WRAS approval proves, when the law needs it and how to check a listing.
Screw, cam-lever, vented and child-resistant, and DIN thread sizes.
Why a fuel can breathes, and what heat and altitude do to it.
Codes, standards and terms defined in one place.
Why it is called a jerry can, jerrican vs gas can, and who designed the first one.
Drums, IBCs and cans per 20ft and 40ft, and when weight binds first.
Litres per resident, pupil and worker, the UK and US rules, and worked sizing.
The code sets the duty, decides CBAM and pulls in trade measures.
Shelf life, ethanol, stabilisers, the right container and quantity limits.
How much water to store per person, and the container that keeps it safe.
How cans are packed, palletised, container-loaded and stored.
Secondary containment for stored fuel and chemicals, and how to size it.
How to return a can to service safely, and when to retire it.
Segregation chart, cabinet limits, signs, NFPA 704 and the law in six countries.
Zones, the DSEAR risk assessment, ATEX ratings and what a fuel or chemical store needs.
OSHA safety cans, DOT limits, EPA vents, CPSC flame arresters, heat and garage storage.
Burn rates by kVA, cans for 24 to 72 hours, UK storage limits and safety.
Types, contents, sizes, where the law asks for one, and how to use it.
Why salt air changes the material, and what survives a pontoon.
Carrying and storing diesel on a farm, and the container for the field.
Enough water and fuel for the distance, in cans that mount to the vehicle.
Generator, boat, mower, motorcycle, 4x4 and farm: size, material, rule.
What UN approval means, how to read the mark, and our UN approved jerry cans.
Who issues them, what they state, and the paperwork to ask a supplier for.
A market prohibition with no size threshold, reaching non-EU makers.
Six steps from the liquid you carry to the exact specification.
Marking, colour, tooling and minimums for an own-brand run.
Why a second factory is not a second source until it is certified as one.
Sump capacity, load rating and material, and the way each one gets read wrong.
Buying to a fixed specification, with documentation and reorder cycles.
What each size from 3 to 30 litres is for, and why filled weight matters.
Bung sizes and threads, gaskets, vents, wrenches, torque, drum taps and IBC valves.
Moving, opening and emptying 205 litre drums: dollies, lifters, pumps and taps.
What it does, how much to add, how long it keeps fuel, and drain or stabilise.
Open, fill, vent, pour, lock, store and clean, with the law marked.
Three gates and ten scored checks for steel and plastic cans.
Where a can mounts on a 4x4, roof, UTV, ATV, motorbike or trailer, and what to check.
Which spout fits, what a fuel pump needs, and what a holder must hold.
Turn a refuelling point or a headcount into a jerry can count, a carton and a container-load figure.
CalculatorThe sump capacity your country’s rule asks for, which part governs, and the pallets that pass.
DecoderPaste the mark off a drum, jerrican or box and see what every part means, from 3H1 to the approving country.
FinderType the UN number off a safety data sheet and see which drums, jerricans and IBCs may carry it, and how large.
CalculatorList the fuel, gas and chemicals on a vehicle and see its points under ADR 1.1.3.6 and what still applies.
CheckerEnter the dates off an IBC’s mark and plate and see when its tests fall due and the last month it may be filled.
Calculator in a guideDrums, IBCs or jerry cans of a liquid in a 20ft or 40ft container, and whether the floor, the payload or a road limit stops the load.
Calculator in a guideSteel cans and containers a year turned into tonnes against the EU’s 50-tonne CBAM threshold, and the container that takes you over.
FAQsCategory, material grades, certification, ordering and freight. Every product page also carries its own FAQ.
We supply these against a specific design and order rather than as generic downloads, so the figures match the drawing you receive. Ask for any of them with your enquiry.
Dimensions, weight, material and closure for the exact design, off the current production drawing.
The UN 3A1 or 3H1 certificate, the test report behind it and the stamped marking for the design.
Send the exact liquid, concentration and temperature and we confirm the material and closure.
Mill certificate or food-contact declaration for stainless and food-grade lines.
Marking, colour, tooling and minimum quantities for an own-brand run.
The current range in one document, prepared for your market and language.
We come back with the right container, its documentation and a quotation at your volume.