EIR is the abbreviation of Equipment Interchange Receipt, also known as Equipment Receipt (E/R), which is the certificate for the handover of containers and special containers and their equipment between container users, container transporters and container managers or their agents when entering and leaving port areas and terminals; it is an agreement on the basic conditions for equipment handover signed between the shipping company or its agent that owns and manages the container and the land transporter that uses the container for transportation (Equipment lnterchange Agreement).

It is both a handover certificate and a issuance certificate.

Extended information:

The equipment handover form is divided into the entry equipment handover form and the exit equipment handover form, each with three copies, namely the copy kept by the container management unit (or shipping company); the copy for the terminal and the yard; and the copy for the container user and the container transporter.

1. Main contents of the delivery form for container equipment at the exit:

(1) Pick-up (user and transporter);

(2) Destination;

(3) Purpose (export cargo, repair, import heavy container, etc.);

(4) Container number and seal number (lead seal number, customs seal number);

(5) Container size and type;

(6) Container owner;

(7) Pick-up date;

(8) Brand of the vehicle picking up the container;

(9) Container exit inspection record (intact or damaged).

2. Main contents of the on-site container equipment handover form:

(1) The person delivering the container;

(2) The date of delivery;

(3) The container number and seal number;

(4) The size and type of the container;

(5) The owner of the container;

(6) Purpose:

① Return of a heavy container;

② Export container, at this time, the time and place (voyage number and time) to which the container is sent must be registered;

(7) The brand of the vehicle delivering the container;

(8) Container on-site inspection record.

The container handover site should be carefully inspected and recorded, and the status of the containers entering and leaving the site should be promptly fed back to the container agent, and the container agent should be actively cooperated with so that the container agent can timely and accurately grasp the use of the container, arrange the transportation and repair of the container in a timely manner, recover the container extension fee, and recover the damage and loss fees of the container.