FCL – full container load for shipping goods
Transportation in ocean containers (if the length of the boat does not exceed 19 feet).
FCL - an abbreviation for "Full Container Load". The term used to describe ocean freight, when the shipper has the exclusive right to use a lot of multi-modal ocean cargo container. It is most cost-effective to charter a 40-foot container that is suitable for most goods.
FCL usually turns out to be the best choice to optimize your import or export operations by ocean, making it more effective. Shipment of goods to / from the U.S. into a multi-modal shipping containers will always be safer and more economical than using a different ocean freight, such as Ro-Ro and Break-Bulk.
LCL – less than a container load
Optimize Cargo Volume & Minimize Ocean Freight Costs with LCL
We offer LCL shipping freight service for you, if you don't have enough cargo to fill an ocean freight container, We can offer you space within a container that is shared with other customers’goods to deliver economical usage-based costing.
Why waste time and wait for a full container? LCL keeps goods moving in your supply chain because you can send them as soon as they are ready.
Receipt of clients’s cargo at the origin;
Consolidation of client’s cargo with cargo from similarly situated merchants;
Professional documentation support;
Ocean shipment;
Deconsolidation at destination and release to consignee.
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