Cargo transport system

For use in a cargo transport system which includes a forklift truck which incorporates tines having tips, the combination of a container having an interior volume defined by top and bottom walls, a pair of side walls, a front end wall, and a closure at the rear end, a pallet adapted for insertion into and removal from the container, the pallet including a rectangular frame for supporting a load of cargo, the frame having its outer peripheral dimensions substantially commensurate with the peripheral dimensions of the bottom wall of the container, a plurality of rollers mounted on the frame about parallel axes extending transversely of the frame, said rollers being adapted to support the frame and cargo load for rolling movement onto the bottom wall of the container, an upstanding push plate secured at its lower end to one end of the frame, means forming a pair of spaced-apart pockets in the plate for receiving thrust forces from the tips of the tines of the forklift truck, means for locking the tips of the tines within said pockets for imparting pulling forces to the pallet, at least one lock pin mounted for movement on the pallet between a retracted position and downwardly extending locking position, and pin receiving means in the container positioned in register with the locking means when the pallet is carried within the container, said lock pin when in its locking position being engaged in said pin receiving means for precluding relative movement of the pallet with respect to the container.