Shipping container connector

A shipping container connector adapted to be engaged with a first corner casting and a second corner casting, said shipping container connector comprising:

• a first latch unit that has a first body member and a first latch portion arranged in a vertical direction, and a protruding portion disposed on a bottom end of said first body member, and adapted to be inserted into the second corner casting, said first latch portion being connected to a top end of said first body member, and adapted to be engaged with the first corner casting, said first body member having two side walls that are spaced apart in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, each of said side walls having a top end that is connected to said first latch portion, said two side walls cooperatively defining a mounting space therebetween, one of said side walls having a threading hole that is adapted to interconnect said mounting space to external environment;
• a second latch unit that is disposed in said mounting space, that is vertically movable, and that includes:
• a second body member disposed between said side walls, and having a second latch portion, and
• a spring member disposed between said second body member and said first latch unit;
• and
• a pulling rope unit that extends through said threading hole, and that has an end fixed to said second latch unit, and an opposite end disposed outside of said threading hole;
• wherein, when said opposite end of said pulling rope unit is pulled, a force that is transverse to the vertical direction is generated to drive said second latch unit to move relative to said first latch unit from a locked position to a released position;
• and
• wherein, when said second latch unit is in the locked position, said second latch portion is adjacent to said first latch portion, so that said second latch portion and said first latch portion are adapted for cooperatively engaging with the first corner casting;
• and
• wherein, when said second latch unit is in the released position, said second latch portion is away from said first latch portion, so that said second latch portion and said first latch portion are adapted to be disengaged from the first corner casting, and said spring member accumulates a biasing force for biasing said second latch unit towards the locked position.