英国研制出了一种带有伸缩性的特制钢托盘,它能够支撑起重达20吨的国际标准集装箱。这种托盘是一个简单的长方形箱子,长6.1米,宽2.4米,深152毫米。它使用车辆上的24伏电池来搬运集装箱,而无需使用吊车或其他重型起重装置。该托盘的研制者认为,这对发展中国家和运距较长的地区有着十分重要的实用意义,在轨距不同国家间的边境站上也很 The UK has developed a scalable, custom-made steel pallet that can support international standard containers up to 20 tons in weight. This tray is a simple rectangular box, 6.1 meters long, 2.4 meters wide and 152 mm deep. It uses a 24-volt battery on the vehicle to carry the container without the use of a crane or other heavy lift. Developers of the pallets see this as having very important practical implications for developing countries and longer shipping distances and are also very much on the border between different countries