Container of foamed thermoplastic material

A container of foamed plastic for transporting and storing bulk goods, such as agrarian products, said container comprising four side walls meeting at corners and a base plate extending between the walls, said four side walls having upper edges defining an open top of the container, said container being characterized by:

• said container comprising a one-piece body of said plastic and four simple feet welded to the one-piece body, said one-piece body including said side walls, corners and base plate, each said side wall being a single thickness of said plastic with an external side on which there are strengthening ribs, said corners being generally "L" shaped in transverse cross-section and being double-walled comprising spaced inner and outer walls, each of said corner walls, as seen in transverse cross-section, consisting of two portions positioned in a generally "L" configuration and the two corner walls being spaced from each other a distance substantially less than the length of said portions and being joined by respective sections at each of the ends of the "L," the base plate having a plurality of corrugations extending diagonally thereacross, all of which corrugations are generally parallel to each other, each of said corrugations being trapezoidal in cross-section.