A transporting and elevating device (10,12) according to the invention for containers (20) has carrying means (122) attached to the upper part of a two-part carrying frame (30) for the container (20). The parts of the carrying frame (30) may be mutually displaced by internal hydraulic cylinders, which makes it possible for two devices (10,12) according to the invention placed along sides of a transport vehicle to reach up above a container (20) resting on the platform of the vehicle and thereafter pull its lower part upwards to the level of the platform, whereafter carrying means like chains (122) together with braces (126) and push-rods (68) makes it possible to elevate and lower the container.