International Container Transportation-Characteristics

Container cargo transportation (container transport) is a modern transportation method for transporting goods by using containers as transport units. It is suitable for marine transportation, railway transportation and international multimodal transportation. It is a new type of advanced modern transportation. It can load a large number of goods into a special container and transport it directly from the consignor's warehouse to the consignee's warehouse, and implement 'door-to-door' transportation; it can pick up the goods and deliver it to home, railway, and water transportation , Highway, air transport. Container cargo transportation (container transport) is a modern transportation method for transporting goods by using containers as transport units. It is suitable for marine transportation, railway transportation and international multimodal transportation. It is a new type of advanced modern transportation. It can load a large number of goods into a special container and transport it directly from the consignor's warehouse to the consignee's warehouse, and implement 'door-to-door' transportation; it can pick up the goods and deliver it to home, railway, and water transportation , Highway, air transport. Transportation by this method is simple, fast, safe and economical. jzspjp.jpg Since the reform and opening up, along with the rapid growth of China's national economy and the vigorous development of foreign trade, China's container transportation has advanced by leaps and bounds. In 2007, it was a landmark year in the history of China's container transportation development. China's container throughput in 2007 Reached 113 million TEU, breaking through the 100 million mark for the first time, an increase of 22.3% over 2006. Among them, coastal ports completed 105 million TEU, an increase of 22.0% over 2006, and inland ports completed 9.74 million TEU, an increase of 24.6% over 2006. In 2007, the container throughput of national ports (by weight) was 1.095 billion tons, an increase of 23.2% over 2006. Container transportation can be divided into two types: FCL transportation and LCL transportation: FCL transportation refers to the container that is consigned by the container after the cargo party fills the whole container by itself. Generally, certain containers are leased from the carrier or container leasing company. After the empty boxes are shipped to the factory or warehouse, under the supervision of customs personnel, the cargo owner loads the goods into the box, locks them, and seals the aluminum seals to the carrier and obtains the station receipt, and finally exchanges the receipt for the bill of lading or waybill; LCL shipping , Refers to the carrier (or agent) after accepting the shipment of the small amount of consignment less than the whole container consignment, according to the nature of the goods and destination sorting. Collect the goods going to the same destination into a certain quantity and put them into boxes. The two also have different handover methods, which are roughly the following: FCL delivery, FCL connection; LCL delivery, unboxing connection, the cargo owner will consign small ticket less than FCL at the container freight station or inland The transfer station is handed over to the carrier.