DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 4680.1B
N4
18 Apr 2018
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 4680.1B
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVY INTERMODAL CONTAINERIZATION PROGRAM
Ref: (a) DTR 4500.9-R, Defense Transportation Regulation Part VI, Management and Control
of Intermodal Containers and System 463L Equipment, February 2016
(b) 46 U.S.C.
(c) MIL-HDBK-138B, Department of Defense Handbook: Guide
to Container Inspection for Commercial and Military Intermodal
Container, 1 January 2002
(d) MIL-STD 3028, Department of Defense Interface Standard:
Joint Modular Intermodal Container, 6 July 2009
(e) DoD Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) Concept of Operations for Supply
and Distribution Operations, USTRANSCOM, 11 Jun 2007 (NOTAL)
(f) SECNAVINST 5400.15C
1. Purpose
a. To provide Navy policy on the use of standardized intermodal equipment for the safe,
secure, and efficient transport of Navy-owned and managed materials.
b. To establish policy, responsibilities, and procedures for governing the procurement,
management, control, accountability, inspection, and maintenance of Navy-owned, leased, or
controlled intermodal containers.
c. To establish guidelines for the acquisition and or leasing of containers, including the
registration and management through other Department of Defense (DoD) Services and agencies.
d. This update aligns Navy and DoD container requirements and contains administrative
changes throughout. This is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 4680.1A.
3. Scope. This instruction applies to all Navy activities involved in the use of the intermodal
equipment system. It provides the overall policy governing the use of intermodal equipment and
outlines the requirements for the control and reporting of intermodal containers, container
inspection for serviceability, container-handling equipment (CHE), and the procurement and
leasing of containers. It is applicable to all International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
intermodal containers (e.g., 20 foot long and 40 foot long). For purposes of this instruction, the
term “container” also includes modules or clusters meeting American National Standards
