August 10, 2011 – 10:15 am
When you are a frequent car shipper, you will soon face an offer from you shipping agent, to ship your cargo as a co-load, shippment with other shippers in one container.
A shared container service is also called consolidated container or LCL ( Less then a container Load). This type of service is provided for customers, who do not have enought cars or other cargo to maximize the space of a full container. All cargo going to the same destination arel be combined together and they become an FCL – a Full Container Load.
Shared container service is offered to minimize the cost of shipping, however in most circumstances it delays the shipping transit. Combining cars and other cargo together may take few days or weeks depending on whether all customers are ready at the same time.
Have you ever felt, when talking to shipping agent, that you don’t have a real idea about the base of the containarized transport? When you have an offer, what container your car is going to be put into – it is a great idea to know the basics about it.
Below, you will find types of cointainers. Remember, that it not always work the way, when one cointainer carries one vehicle, most of the time, when shipping internationally, you could squeeze up to 4 or even 5 cars into 45 high cube container!
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Dry / Steel
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Type
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Size
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| 20″std |
20′x8′x8’6″ |
| 40″std |
40′x8′x8’6″ |
| 40″high |
40′x8′x9’6″ |
| 45″high |
45′x8′x9’6″ |
And dimensions, compare length of your car or cargo:
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Internal dimensions (mm)
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Length
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Width
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Height
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| 5,896 |
2,350 |
2,385 |
| 12,035 |
2,350 |
2,393 |
| 12,035 |
2,350 |
2,697 |
| 13,556 |
2,352 |
2,697 |
Hopefully, this basic tables helped you to get an idea of the cointainer types and sizes.