{"id":11119,"date":"2026-09-08T13:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/glossar\/twistlock\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T22:09:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:09:25","slug":"twistlock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/glossar\/twistlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Twistlock (rotating lock)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Twistlock<\/strong> is the standard connecting element in container logistics. Its mushroom-shaped head is inserted into the standardised opening of the <a href=\"\/en\/glossar\/eckbeschlag\/\">corner fitting<\/a> and turned by 90\u00b0 \u2013 this creates a positive-locking connection that absorbs tensile and shear forces.<\/p>\n<p>Twistlocks secure containers to each other on the ship, on the truck chassis and in the stack. For stationary setups, they are used to couple two containers standing side by side or to secure a container against slipping. Semi-automatic versions lock themselves when the container is set down and only need to be operated by hand to release.<\/p>\n<p>Accessories: <a href=\"\/en\/container-kaufen\/containerzubehoer\/\">container accessories<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der Twistlock ist das Standard-Verbindungselement in der Containerlogistik. Sein pilzf\u00f6rmiger Kopf wird in die genormte \u00d6ffnung des Eckbeschlags gesteckt und um 90\u00b0 gedreht \u2013 dadurch entsteht ein formschl\u00fcssiger Verschluss, der Zug- und Scherkr\u00e4fte aufnimmt. Twistlocks sichern Container auf dem Schiff, auf dem LKW-Chassis und im Stapel gegeneinander. F\u00fcr station\u00e4re Aufstellungen werden sie genutzt, um zwei [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":11111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11836,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11119\/revisions\/11836"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}