- Confirms compliance with international container safety requirements, marking a key milestone toward commercialization

- Additional stacking and lifting tests in the folded condition verify safe handling of the foldable structure

FOLDCON, a foldable shipping container developed by Korea Pallet Pool (KPP), an affiliate of LOGISALL Group, has received safety approval under the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC), marking an important milestone in its preparation for commercialization.

The CSC is an international convention established to protect human life during container transportation and handling and to facilitate international container transport. Containers used in international transport that fall within the scope of the Convention must receive CSC safety approval and carry a Safety Approval Plate. With this approval, FOLDCON has confirmed its compliance with the applicable international container safety requirements, completing a key verification step toward commercialization.

FOLDCON was developed to address inefficiencies in the repositioning and storage of empty shipping containers. When empty, the container can be folded down to one-quarter of its original height for storage and transportation. This design enables up to four times the stacking capacity within the same space, helping reduce the burden of empty-container transportation and storage on vessels and at terminals.

As part of the approval process, additional safety tests were conducted in the folded condition to account for FOLDCON’s unique structural characteristics. These included stacking tests to verify the container’s ability to withstand loads when folded units are stacked, as well as top-lifting tests to confirm structural integrity when bundles of folded containers are lifted from above. FOLDCON successfully passed these tests, demonstrating its safety during stacking and lifting operations.

The CSC safety approval represents a significant milestone for FOLDCON, which remains in the pre-commercialization stage. It confirms compliance with international transport safety requirements and provides supporting verification for the future application of its foldable transportation and storage system.

A KPP representative stated, "For foldable containers, handling safety is essential not only during normal use but also when containers are folded and bundled. This CSC approval is particularly meaningful because it verifies safety while taking FOLDCON’s structural characteristics into account, and we consider it an important achievement in our preparations for commercialization."