Mounting ring for a transport container and transport container

A mounting ring for a transport container which is arrangeable between a base and a lid of the transport container, having at least two ring sections which form a closed mounting ring having several side walls, wherein each ring section comprises at least one side wall section, each at least one side wall section having an upper and lower front surface and a front edge extending at an end of the ring section between the upper and lower front surface, wherein a connection point is provided, the connection point comprising a retaining profile and the respective front edges arranged adjacent to each other, the retaining profile having a first U-shaped receptacle and a second U-shaped receptacle, wherein the respective front edges are connected to the retaining profile to form a common side wall, wherein each of the first and second U-shaped receptacles has an inner leg, an outer leg, and a portion of a common web interconnecting the inner and outer legs, wherein the first and second U-shaped receptacles are aligned such that the respective outer legs together form a common outer leg of the retaining profile, and wherein the respective inner legs of the first and second U-shaped receptacles have a length which corresponds to or is shorter than a width of a wall section of the respective front edges.