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With container transport goods can be shipped relatively easily, safely, sustainably and economically. When shipping containers, the cargo may consist of a full load or one or more partial loads. There are various types of sea containers: sea containers exist in different sizes. The full container cargo is also called Full Container Load (FCL or FCL freight) or FCL Cargo. Partial loads are called Less than Container Load-loads (LCL or LCL-freight or LCL-Cargo). In almost 700 loading ports worldwide The Freight Hero buys the volume of entire containers and offers the total volume via the online platform thefreighthero.nl very advantageously in partial volumes directly to the LCL shippers market. The ports of unloading (Port of Discharge / POD) that facilitate The Freight Hero are the ports of Hamburg (Germany), Antwerp (Belgium) and Rotterdam (Netherlands).
Container transport: Full container load (FCL)
There are different sizes of containers. The smallest container shipping (shipments) is the so-called 20 foot (ft) container and the largest the 40 ft High Cube (HC). The length of the container is expressed in the number of feet (ft). These standardized sizes are ideal for transporting goods by sea and after transhipment by road, rail or water. The standard size of a container is the TEU. A TEU is 20 feet (about 6 meters) long, 8 feet (2.44 meters) wide and 8 1/2 feet (2.60 meters) high. 40ft High Cube containers are about 30 cm higher than the standard 40ft container so that pallets can be loaded higher.
| 20" Container | 40" Container | 40" High Cube Container | |||||
| Imperal | Metrisch | Imperal | Metrisch | Imperal | Metrisch | ||
| Outside size | Lenght | 19' 10½" | 6,058 m | 40' 0" | 12,192 m | 45' 0" | 13,716 m |
| Width | 8 '0" | 2,438 m | 8' 0" | 2,438 m | 8' 0" | 2,438 m | |
| Hight | 8' 6" | 2,591 m | 8' 6" | 2,591 m | 9' 6" | 2,896 m | |
| Inside size | Lenght | 18' 10" | 5,867 m | 39' 5" | 12,032 m | 44' 4" | 13,556 |
| Width | 7' 8" | 2,352 m | 7' 8" | 2,352 m | 7' 8" | 2,352 m | |
| Hight | 7' 9" | 2,385 m | 7' 9" | 2,385 m | 8' 9" | 2,698 m | |
| Doorway | Width | 7' 8⅛" | 2,343 m | 7' 8⅛" | 2,343 m | 7' 8⅛" | 2,343 m |
| Hight | 7' 5¾" | 2,280 m | 7' 5¾" | 2,280 m | 8' 5" | 2,585 m | |
| Capacity | 1,169 ft³ | 32,9 m³ | 2,385 ft³ | 67,5 m³ | 3,040 ft³ | 86,0 m³ | |
| Maximum weight | 52 910 lb | 24 000 kg | 67 200 lb | 30 480 kg | 67 200 lb | 30 480 kg | |
| Empty weight | 4 850 lb | 2 200 kg | 8 380 lb | 3 800 kg | 10 580 lb | 4 800 kg | |
| Net cargo | 48 060 lb | 21 800 kg | 58 820 lb | 26 680 kg | 56 620 lb | 25 680 kg | |
Partial load container (LCL)
If you do not have the volumes to ship an entire container, it is advantageous to book a partial load (LCL) via The Freight Hero. The Freight Hero combines the loads of different parties, so that each party benefits from cheaper rates and the fastest delivery times. The price of the cargo is determined by the capacity measure, the weight and the way in which the load is packed
Benefits of sea freight per container
- Seafreight is the most economical way to transport products
- Delivery of the container(s) in the desired loading ports is very easy
- The delivery and collection of the container can be done at any desired address and time