diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 89762ab..15beab5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ members = [
     "crates/scanr-sca",
     "crates/scanr-cli",
     "crates/scanr-engine",
+    "crates/scanr-container",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
diff --git a/crates/scanr-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/scanr-cli/Cargo.toml
index aee25b1..6d7c292 100644
--- a/crates/scanr-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/scanr-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ categories = ["command-line-utilities", "development-tools"]
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive"] }
 crossterm = "0.28"
 ratatui = "0.28"
+scanr-container = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../scanr-container" }
 scanr-engine = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../scanr-engine" }
 scanr-sca = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../scanr-sca" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/crates/scanr-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/scanr-cli/src/main.rs
index a99cb52..f7c969c 100644
--- a/crates/scanr-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/scanr-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process;
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use scanr_engine::ScanEngine;
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 mod tui;
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ enum Commands {
         #[arg(short, long)]
         recursive: bool,
     },
+    /// Scan a container image target (engine skeleton).
+    Image {
+        /// Image target (for example: ghcr.io/org/app:latest).
+        target: String,
+    },
     /// Software bill of materials operations.
     Sbom {
         #[command(subcommand)]
@@ -558,6 +564,22 @@ async fn main() {
                 process::exit(final_ci_exit_code);
             }
         }
+        Some(Commands::Image { target }) => {
+            let container_engine = scanr_container::ContainerEngine::new();
+            let result = match container_engine.scan(scanr_engine::ScanInput::Image(target)) {
+                Ok(result) => result,
+                Err(error) => {
+                    eprintln!("Image scan failed: {error}");
+                    process::exit(1);
+                }
+            };
+
+            println!("Scanr Container Scan");
+            println!("Engine: {}", result.metadata.engine_name);
+            println!("Target: {}", result.metadata.target);
+            println!("Status: placeholder implementation (C1 skeleton)");
+            println!("Findings: {}", result.findings.len());
+        }
         Some(Commands::Sbom { command }) => match command {
             SbomCommands::Generate { path, output } => {
                 match scanr_sca::generate_cyclonedx_sbom(&path) {
diff --git a/crates/scanr-container/Cargo.toml b/crates/scanr-container/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe8f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/scanr-container/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+name = "scanr-container"
+version = "0.1.1"
+edition = "2024"
+description = "Container security engine for Scanr"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+repository = "https://github.com/Open-Lab-s/Scanr"
+homepage = "https://scanr.dev"
+readme = "../../README.md"
+keywords = ["security", "devsecops", "container", "vulnerability", "scanr"]
+categories = ["development-tools"]
+
+[dependencies]
+scanr-engine = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../scanr-engine" }
+scanr-sca = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../scanr-sca" }
diff --git a/crates/scanr-container/src/lib.rs b/crates/scanr-container/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..197bc63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/scanr-container/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+use scanr_engine::{EngineType, ScanEngine, ScanInput, ScanMetadata, ScanResult};
+use scanr_sca::ScaEngine;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+pub struct ContainerEngine {
+    pub sca_engine: ScaEngine,
+}
+
+impl ContainerEngine {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            sca_engine: ScaEngine::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ScanEngine for ContainerEngine {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        "container"
+    }
+
+    fn scan(&self, input: ScanInput) -> scanr_engine::EngineResult<ScanResult> {
+        let target = match input {
+            ScanInput::Image(image) => image,
+            ScanInput::Tar(path) | ScanInput::Path(path) => path.display().to_string(),
+        };
+
+        let _ = &self.sca_engine;
+
+        Ok(ScanResult {
+            findings: Vec::new(),
+            metadata: ScanMetadata {
+                engine: EngineType::Container,
+                engine_name: self.name().to_string(),
+                target,
+                total_dependencies: 0,
+                total_vulnerabilities: 0,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+}