1. What are large cabinets, small cabinets, and double backs?

 

(1) Large cabinets generally refer to 40-foot containers, usually 40GP and 40HQ. The 45-foot container is generally considered to be a special container.

 

(2) Small cabinets generally refer to 20-foot containers, usually 20GP.

 

(3) Double back refers to two 20-foot small cabinets. For example, a trailer pulls two 20-foot small containers at the same time; when the port is hoisted, two 20-foot containers are hoisted onto the ship at one time.

 

 

 

2. What is LCL? What about the whole box?

 

(1) LCL (Less than Container Load) refers to the goods of multiple shippers in a container, and the small batch of goods that cannot fill a full container is LCL, which is operated according to LCL (LCL-LCL).

 

(2) Full container load (Full Container Load) means that there is only one cargo owner or manufacturer’s goods in a container. Larger batches of goods that can fill one or more full containers are full container loads. According to the full container load (FCL-FCL) to operate.

 

 

 

3. What are the common specifications of the container?

 

(1) 40-foot-high container (40HC): 40 feet long, 9 feet 6 inches high; about 12.192 meters long, 2.9 meters high, 2.35 meters wide, generally loading about 68CBM.

 

(2) 40-foot general container (40GP): 40 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches high; about 12.192 meters long, 2.6 meters high, 2.35 meters wide, and the general loading is about 58CBM.

 

(3) 20 feet general container (20GP): 20 feet long, 8 feet 6 inches high; about 6.096 meters long, 2.6 meters high, 2.35 meters wide, generally loading about 28CBM.

 

(4) 45-foot-high cabinet (45HC): 45 feet long, 9 feet 6 inches high; about 13.716 meters long, 2.9 meters high, 2.35 meters wide, generally loaded around 75CBM.

 

 

 

4. What is the difference between high cabinets and ordinary cabinets?

 

The high cabinet is 1 foot higher than the general cabinet (one foot is equal to 30.44cm). No matter the high cabinet or the common cabinet, the length and width are the same.

 

 

 

5. What is the self-weight of the cabinet? What about heavy boxes?

 

(1) Self-weight of the box: the weight of the box itself. The self-weight of 20GP is about 1.7 tons, and that of 40GP is about 3.4 tons.

 

(2) Heavy box: refers to a box filled with goods, as opposed to an empty box/auspicious box.

 

 

 

6. Empty box or lucky box?

 

A box without a load is called an empty box. In South China, especially in Guangdong and Hong Kong, empty boxes are usually called auspicious boxes, because in Cantonese, empty and fierce have the same pronunciation, which is unlucky, so South China is not called empty boxes, but auspicious boxes. The so-called repayment of the weight is to pick up the empty box, pull it to load, and then return the loaded heavy box.

 

 

 

7. What is a heavy box? What about drop boxes?

 

(1) Carrying heavy boxes: refers to carrying heavy boxes at the station to unload at the manufacturer or logistics warehouse (generally refers to import).

 

(2) Dropping the heavy box: refers to dropping the heavy box back to the station (generally refers to the export) after loading the goods in the factory or logistics warehouse.

 

 

 

8. What is the back empty box? What does drop box mean?

 

(1) Carrying empty containers: refers to carrying empty containers at the station to the manufacturer or logistics warehouse for loading (usually refers to export).

 

(2) Empty box: refers to the unloaded box at the factory or logistics warehouse to the station (usually refers to import).

 

 

 

9. What box type does DC stand for?

 

DC refers to dry container (Dry Container), 20GP, 40GP, 40HQ and other cabinets are all dry containers.

 

 

 

10. What box type does OT stand for?

 

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

 

 

 

11. What does half-open door mean?

 

A container with a door that opens halfway.

 

 

 

12. What is the bill of lading number?

 

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

 

 

 

13. What is the box number/cabinet number?

 

Refers to the serial number of the container, which is unique in the world and consists of four letters and seven numbers, of which the first three letters are the code of the container owner (shipping company or container leasing company), the fourth letter is U, and the next six The number is the serial number, and the last number is the check digit. The box number is usually asked by the driver, because the driver knows the box number only after picking up the box, and the box number is used in customs declaration, document making, and warehouse receipt entry.

 

 

 

14. What is the lead seal number?

 

It refers to the number of the seal that locks the container door. The lead seal is generally provided by the shipping company and needs to be purchased at a cost of 50 yuan per piece.

 

 

 

15. What does export mean?

 

Carry empty boxes at the station to the manufacturer or logistics warehouse for loading, and then declare for export.

 

 

 

16. Imported goods mean?

 

After the import customs clearance, the heavy boxes are carried at the station to the manufacturer or the designated place for unloading. the

 

 

 

17. Empty driving means?

 

It means that after the car arrives at the factory or the logistics warehouse, the empty box is pulled back to the station because it cannot be loaded due to various reasons.

 

 

 

18. What does dumping mean?

 

It refers to pulling the boxes from this station to another station at the station, or not taking the boxes in the order from top to bottom, but removing the upper boxes and picking up the boxes that are pressed below. This situation is more likely to occur when specifying a box number or customs inspection.

 

 

 

19. What is the container station?

 

It usually refers to the place where boxes are stacked and managed on or near the wharf, and the driver's back box usually goes to the station. Correspondingly, there is something called a station receipt, and the transfer of containers between the station and the driver is handled with the station receipt.

 

 

 

20. What are the general contents of the bill of lading?

 

The content on the bill of lading generally includes the bill of lading number, ship name, voyage, box weight, cargo description, number of pieces, gross weight, volume, number of boxes, issuer and signature, etc.

 

 

 

21. What should be paid attention to when delivering goods?

 

Explain to the car owner whether to export or import, box type, box volume, cargo weight, location, station, whether to negotiate, time to arrive at the manufacturer, special requirements for boxes, etc.

 

 

 

22. What issues should be paid 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 name of the ship, voyage number, bill of lading number, station, arrival time, manufacturer's address, contact number, special requirements of the box and the special requirements of the manufacturer must be clearly written. If there is an invoice, it should also be written clearly, so as not to let the driver drive the wrong one.

 

 

 

In addition, the problems that should be paid attention to should be written on it. For example, some goods have strict requirements on the cabinets, so you must explain it clearly to the driver, so as not to make it clear to the driver when there are expenses.

 

 

 

23. What is the equipment handover list?

 

When picking up the suitcase at the exit, you must first print the bill, and then get a multi-part "Equipment Handover Form". The driver uses this equipment handover form to pick up the suitcase, leave the station, enter the station, and return the suitcase.

 

 

 

24. What time does the export box station put the box?

 

Usually it is 10 o'clock, but usually there is no one at the place where the order is processed by 9 o'clock, so the import dispatch must be back around 8 o'clock, because the driver has to drop the box first.

 

 

 

25. What does overload mean? What about overweight?

 

(1) Overloading: generally refers to the tonnage of goods loaded on the vehicle exceeds the weight limit of the vehicle;

 

(2) Overweight: generally refers to the tonnage of the loaded goods exceeds the weight limit of the container.

 

 

 

26. What does packing and unpacking mean?

 

(1) Packing (loading) is to carry empty boxes to load.

 

(2) Unpacking (unloading) means carrying heavy boxes to the manufacturer to unload.

 

 

 

27. What does it mean to go back and forth again?

 

It means pulling the goods to go and then pulling the goods back, not returning empty, not driving empty.

 

 

 

28. What is the charge by weight?

 

The "toll by weight" at the expressway toll gate refers to the collection of tolls according to the weight and tonnage of the vehicle.

 

 

 

29. What is the damage fee?

 

Refers to the cost incurred when the imported boxes are found to be damaged after unloading.

 

 

 

30. What is the washing fee?

 

Refers to the box washing fee that is found to be dirty.