2022-10-20 12:06:23
Container transportation refers to using large containers as carriers to assemble goods into containerized units. In modern circulation, large loading and unloading machinery and large transport vehicles are used for loading, transferring, and completing transportation tasks, thereby better accomplishing "door-to-door" delivery. This is a new, efficient, and efficient transportation method.
Containers meet the following conditions:
1. Can be reused for long periods, with sufficient strength and rigidity;
2. Allows easy switching and securing between various transport tools without flipping the goods inside the box;
3. Equipped with loading, unloading, and transfer equipment, facilitating mechanical loading and unloading;
4. Convenient for full loading and emptying of goods.
Containers are a new modern method of transportation, differing in many ways from traditional cargo transport and handling practices. Currently, there is no effective or widely accepted unified international approach for container shipping. However, in handling detailed container matters, countries generally follow similar approaches. Based on the general international practices of the time regarding container matters, the following is a brief summary:
According to the quantity and method of container loading, container goods can be divided into full container load and less-than-container load types.
1. Full container. This refers to containers where the cargo owner fills the full container and mails them by the box unit. This situation is generally chosen when the shipper has enough cargo to load one or several full containers. Except for some large shippers who own containers themselves, they usually rent the required containers from carriers or container leasing companies. After the empty container arrives at the factory or warehouse, under the supervision of customs personnel, the shipper loads the goods into the container, locks and seals it, then hands it over to the carrier and obtains a station receipt. Finally, the receipt is used to exchange the bill of lading or waybill.
2. LCL. This refers to the carrier (or agent) receiving shipments from the shipper that lack the quantity of full-box receipts, and sorting them according to the nature of the cargo type and destination. Goods bound for the same destination are gathered in a fixed quantity and packed into boxes. Because a container contains goods from different owners and is consolidated together, it is called consolidated containers. This situation is chosen when the shipper lacks sufficient shipping volume to fill full containers. Classification, sorting, consolidation, packing (unpacking), and delivery of consolidated cargo are all carried out at the carrier's terminal container freight station or inland container transfer station.
