"Hello Mark" on containers

[Anvalo]

Hi,

Recently i was looking for some info about the diamond shaped marking on Japanese containers.

Only thing i could find was this : https://rail.hobidas.com/feature/463801/

The mark translates as "Hello Mark", is this the correct name?

Already found out the meaning of the H, L, W and G letters.

Hight

Length

Width

G = weight, anyone knows what the G stands for?

I suppose it's not "Grams"🙂.

 

Thanks,

André

 

 

[Gunzel]

I can’t help but that was an interesting article, thanks. 

[Wolf]

I am not familiar with these Markings, but could it be G_ross weight ?

[bill937ca]

G maybe Gross as in "Gross Weight".

[bill937ca]

From Wikipedia "Japanese Railway Container"    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本の鉄道コンテナ

 

JR Freight Container Room - Mawa Car Picture Book   https://mawasya-tetudo.main.jp/keishiki-fc-contenr-jrf.html

Edited January 17 by bill937ca

[Anvalo]

Thanks for the links, very interesting.

Now i have some light reading to do this weekend😀.

 

I think that Wolf and bill937ca are on the right track, the "G" as in Gross Weight is very plausible.

 

Thanks guys👍.

[bc6]

Translated with AI 

The excerpt is describing a type of container marking system used to identify containers that don't follow standard size and weight regulations.

The marking system uses a diamond-shaped symbol on the left side of the container. This symbol is called the "Halo Mark" or "規格外マーク" (non-standard mark). The four corners of the diamond have letters that represent the container's dimensions and weight:

H: Height

L: Length

W: Width

G: Gross weight (total weight of the container and its contents)

If the letters are covered with black paint, it indicates that the container meets standard size and weight regulations. The excerpt mentions an example of a container with this marking system, but it doesn't provide the specific letters.

[Anvalo]

@bc6

Thanks,

Now i now it's save to call it the Non-Standard Mark.

When searching the web for this mark i see that some call it the "Hello" and others call it the "Halo" mark.

Is this maybe a case of Lost In Translation?

 

Edited January 18 by Anvalo

[bc6]

@Anvalo

 

You're welcome, I definitely think there was a case of lost in translation.