Abstract: A moulded plastic bulk container of the kind used in storage of materials and is normally transported from location to location by a fork lift truck and comprises sidewalls and a base, with a recess or opening in its lower portion below the base for receiving the "tines" of a fork. Integral ribs are formed at the sloping inlet to the opening which is shaped so that the front ends of the tines can enter the recess is of greater height than the remainder of the recess.