Container knowledge summary

　　01. What are the types of containers?

　　Ordinary container (commonly known as "dry container")

　　Refrigerated container (commonly known as "freezer", which can carry fresh fruits, food, etc.)

　　Open top container

　　Frame container

　　Flat container

　　Ventilated container

　　Hanging container

　　Liquid tank container

　　Automobile container

　　a. Large containers generally refer to 40ft containers, usually 40GP and 40HQ. 45 foot containers are generally considered as special containers.

　　b. Small containers generally refer to 20ft containers, usually 20GP.

　　c. Double trailer refers to two 20 foot cabinets. For example, a trailer pulls two 20 foot cabinets at the same time; When hoisting at the port, two 20 foot containers shall be hoisted to the ship at one time.

　　03. What does LCL mean? What about the whole box?

　　a. Less than Container Load refers to the goods of multiple shippers in a container. Small batches of goods less than a full container are called LCL-LCL.

　　b. Full Container Load refers to the goods of only one owner or manufacturer in a container. Large quantities of goods that can be filled with one or more full containers are full containers, which are operated according to FCL-FCL.

　　04. What are the common specifications of containers?

　　a. 40 feet high cabinet (40HC): 40 feet long, 9 feet 6 inches high; It is about 12.192 meters long, 2.9 meters high and 2.35 meters wide. It is generally loaded about 68 CBM.

　　b. 40 feet common cabinet (40GP): 40 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches high; It is about 12.192 meters long, 2.6 meters high and 2.35 meters wide. It is generally loaded at about 58 CBM.

　　c. 20 feet common cabinet (20GP): 20 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches high; It is about 6.096 meters long, 2.6 meters high and 2.35 meters wide. It is generally loaded at about 28 CBM.

　　d. 45 feet high cabinet (45HC): 45 feet long, 9 feet 6 inches high; It is about 13.716 meters long, 2.9 meters high and 2.35 meters wide. It is generally loaded about 75 CBM.

　　05. What is the difference between high cabinet and ordinary cabinet?

　　The high cabinet is 1 foot higher than the ordinary cabinet (one foot equals 30.44cm). The length and width of both high cabinets and ordinary cabinets are the same.

　　Dead weight of the box: the weight of the box itself. The dead weight of 20GP is about 1.7 tons, and that of 40GP is about 3.4 tons.

　　Heavy box: refers to the box with goods, opposite to empty box/lucky box.

　　07. What does an empty box or a lucky box mean?

　　A box that is not loaded is called an empty box. In South China, especially in Guangdong and Hong Kong, an empty box is also called a lucky box. Because in Cantonese, "empty" is synonymous with "unlucky", it is not called an empty box in South China, but a lucky box. The so-called "Tiji is still heavy" means to pick up empty containers, pull them for loading, and then return the loaded heavy containers.

　　08. What box type does DC represent?

　　DC refers to dry container. 20GP, 40GP, 40HQ and other containers are all dry containers.

　　09. What box type does OT represent?

　　OT is the abbreviation of Open Top, which refers to the open top cabinet, that is, a cabinet without a box top but with a tent on the top of the box.

　　10. What does bill of lading number mean?

　　Usually, it is the number that the freight forwarder gives you to carry the box, which may be the number of the ship owner's order (MBL) or the number of the freight forwarder's order (HBL). Generally, you can carry the box according to the ship name/voyage number and the bill of lading number, that is, you can pick up empty or heavy boxes.

　　11. What does the case number/container number refer to?

　　It refers to the container number, which is unique in the world and consists of four letters and seven numbers. The first three letters are the container owner (shipping company or charterer) code, the fourth letter is U, the next six numbers are serial numbers, and the last number is the check code.

　　The driver is usually asked for the box number. The driver knows the box number only when he goes to pick up the box. The box number is used in customs declaration, document preparation, and warehouse receipt entry.

　　12. What does lead seal number mean?

　　It refers to the number of the seal that locks the container. The lead seal is generally provided by the shipping company and needs to be purchased.

　　13. What does reentry mean?

　　It refers to that after the vehicle arrives at the manufacturer or warehouse, the empty container is pulled back to the wharf because it cannot be loaded for some reason.

　　14. What does it mean?

　　It refers to that the on-site station pulls the boxes from one station to another, or takes the boxes instead of taking them from top to bottom, but moves the boxes above to pick up the boxes under pressure. This situation is more likely to occur when the container number is specified or the customs is checked.

　　15. What does a container yard mean?

　　It usually refers to the place where boxes are stacked and managed on or near the wharf. Drivers usually go to the station to carry boxes. Correspondingly, there is a thing called station receipt. The container handover between the station and the driver is handled by the station receipt.

　　16. What does the bill of lading usually contain?

　　The contents of the bill of lading generally include the bill of lading number, ship name and voyage, box weight, description of goods, number of pieces, gross weight, volume, number of boxes, issuer and signature, etc.

　　17. What should we pay attention to when shipping?

　　Explain to the owner whether to export or import, box type, box quantity, cargo weight, location, station, whether to make an agreement, when to arrive at the manufacturer, special requirements for the box, etc.

　　18. What problems should we pay attention to when writing the dispatch list?

　　It should be written as clearly as possible, because some drivers do not know English letters at all, and the ship name, voyage number, bill of lading number, station, arrival time, manufacturer's address, telephone number, special requirements for boxes and special requirements for manufacturers must be written clearly. If there is an invoice title, it should also be written clearly, and the driver should not make a mistake.

　　In addition, we should also write down the problems that should be noticed. For example, some goods are very strict with the cabinet, so we must explain them to the driver, so as to avoid the expense incurred and the driver cannot explain them clearly.

　　19. What does the equipment handover document mean?

　　When carrying boxes for export, the driver shall first print out the form, and then obtain an Equipment Handover Sheet in duplicate. The driver shall carry the box, exit the station, enter the station, and return the box with this Equipment Handover Sheet.

　　20. What does overload mean? What about overweight?

　　a. Overload: generally refers to that the tonnage of goods loaded on the vehicle exceeds the vehicle weight limit;

　　b. Overweight: generally refers to that the tonnage of the goods loaded exceeds the weight limit of the container.

　　21. What do packing and unpacking mean?

　　a. Loading means carrying empty containers for loading.

　　b. Unloading is to take the important containers to the manufacturer for unloading.

　　22. What does weight recording charge mean?

　　The "weight charging" at the high-speed toll gate refers to the toll collection based on the cargo weight and tonnage of the vehicle.