The container detection equipment is composed of Co 60 gamma ray source and its shielding container, front collimator and back collimator, cesium iodide or cadmium tungstate array detector, signal and image processing system, container driving system and autoamtic control system, in which the shielding container of Co 60 gamma ray source and its ray shutter and frout collimator are fixed on same machine seat, and formed into one whole body, and placed in source chamber, and the back collimator, cesium iodide or cadminium tungstate array detector and ray catcher are fixed on same machine seat,formed into one whole body and placed in detector chamber, and between the source chamber and detector chamber there is a container detection channel. Said equipment possesses excellent detection performance, and is stable, reliable, good in safety, easy to manufacture and possesses extensive application.