Container Management Tools
Sample documents and instructions to assist unit personnel in establishing a Container Management Program; including Unit Container Control Officer (CCO) assignment, Army Container Asset Management System (ACAMS) access and instructions, and the Convention for Safe Container (CSC) course information to get certified as a container inspector.
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Container Management Tools is a LogTool-compiled reference page for unit-level container management: it collects a sample appointment document and pointers for appointing a unit Container Control Officer (CCO), getting that CCO into the Joint Container Management (JCM) system, and completing Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) inspector certification. It is a practitioner aid, not an official system of record — the systems and forms it points to belong to the Army and the Defense Ammunition Center, not to LogTool.
What it is
The page covers three related but separate steps that unit movement and logistics personnel need to stand up a Container Management Program: (1) designating a unit CCO on a written appointment memorandum, (2) getting that CCO an account in the container inventory system of record, and (3) completing the CSC container-inspector certification course. Each of these is a distinct official requirement under Army container-management policy; LogTool aggregates them as a starting checklist rather than hosting or operating any of them.
Who operates it
The underlying resources are Army-owned. Unit CCO appointments are forwarded to the Army Intermodal and Distribution Platform Management Office (AIDPMO), which serves as the Army's centralized ordering and reporting authority for intermodal container assets under Army Regulation 56-4. Container inventory reporting now runs through the Joint Container Management (JCM) system, the Web-based system of record for ISO container inventory management under Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) Part VI, Chapter 605. ACAMS, the legacy predecessor named in older guidance, was fielded by the U.S. Army Transportation Command (ARTRANS, formerly the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, SDDC) and supported by a help desk at Scott Air Force Base. CSC container-inspector certification (course AMMO-43 / AMMO-43-DL) is administered by the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center (DAC).
Access
LogTool's own page is public reference material. The systems it points to are not. The current DTR Part VI no longer mentions ACAMS: Chapter 605 makes Container Control Officers responsible for updating the Joint Container Management (JCM) system, which is accessed through Electronic Transportation Acquisition (ETA) at https://eta-teams.transport.mil/teams/login. The ACAMS access instructions formerly hosted on this page were unpublished on 13 September 2026 (see "Hosted documents and current replacements" below). Unit CCO appointments must be forwarded through command channels to AIDPMO. CSC certification requires completing the resident AMMO-43 course or the AMMO-43-DL distance-learning module through the Defense Ammunition Center.
How logisticians use it
Unit movement officers and supply/maintenance NCOs typically use this checklist when a unit first establishes or re-establishes a container management program: appoint a CCO on orders and forward the appointment to AIDPMO per AR 56-4, get the CCO access to the Joint Container Management (JCM) system, which the current DTR names where older guidance named ACAMS, to report container movements and inventory, and get the CCO or another designated inspector CSC-certified through AMMO-43 so the unit can legally reinspect and re-certify dry cargo containers for continued use. CSC certification must be renewed periodically (the course is designed to be retaken on a multi-year cycle) to remain current.
Hosted documents and current replacements
LogTool hosts one legacy sample document for this entry: a 2014 U.S. Marine Corps unit Container Control Officer appointment letter, retained as a formatting example only. Its duties paragraph is written around ACAMS and it cites MCO 4680.5A; current Marine Corps container policy is MCO 4690.1B (22 November 2022), and container reporting duties now run through the Joint Container Management (JCM) system. Two documents formerly hosted here — ACAMS access instructions and CSC course registration steps — were retired on 13 September 2026 because both pointed at hosts that no longer serve the public internet and both described processes that have since been replaced.
Use these current sources instead:
- DTR 4500.9-R Part VI, Chapter 602 — designation of a Container Control Officer and container management procedures (21 January 2026).
- DTR 4500.9-R Part VI, Chapter 605 — JCM access through Electronic Transportation Acquisition (ETA) at https://eta-teams.transport.mil/teams/login, and the five fields a CCO must keep current (18 June 2026).
- DTR 4500.9-R Part VI, Chapter 604 and Appendix A — container inspection, reinspection, and the inspection checklist (21 January 2026 / June 2018).
- AMMO-43-DL (distance learning) and AMMO-43 (resident) — U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center CSC reinspection certification, now hosted on ATIS/ATRRS and Navy e-Learning rather than the retired ammo.okstate.edu site. Certification lasts four years.
- OPNAVINST 4680.1C (11 March 2026) — Navy CCO duties; directs CCOs to contact ARTRANS/AIDPMO for JCM access.
Related systems
Related resources include the Joint Container Management (JCM) system and the legacy Army Container Asset Management System (ACAMS), AIDPMO/AR 56-4 container policy, the Convention for Safe Containers (CSC) inspection regime administered via AMMO-43, and DoD intermodal container policy in Defense Transportation Regulation Part VI.