Abstract: A locking system and a method for locking a container having an actuator for actuating a locking bolt, a container locking controller for controlling the actuator, a container communications device associated with the container locking controller for receiving a locking code, and a container code acquisition device for acquiring a locking code, wherein the container locking controller performs a comparison of received and acquired locking codes and in the event of a correct, matching locking code actuates the actuator, and wherein a central controller generates the locking code and transmits it to the container communications device through a dial-up communications network and a communications code is provided and delivered to the container locking controller by way of the container code acquisition device in such a manner that the container communications device can be activated thereby.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container for transporting a vehicle therein, which is essentially rectangular in construction with a first and a second end face, two long sides, a bottom, and a top, wherein the container has a floor element, a frame structure, and at least two cover elements, wherein the at least two cover elements cover the end faces, the long sides, and the top of the container when in the closed state, and the floor element covers the bottom of the container, and wherein the frame structure builds on the floor element and, in the region of the top, the at least two cover elements are hinged to the frame structure in such a way that they can be swung upward away from the floor element when the container is in an open state.