Advantages of trucking in containers

Container shipments today are one of the best shipping methods, based on the position of convenience and safety. They are ideal for transit, international and transcontinental transportation for several reasons.

1. Standardization

There are not many running types of containers. In general, 20, 40 foot and several types of specialized containers (open, refrigerators, tanks, high, ventilated) are used. Standardization of dimensions and seats allows you to easily transfer the container between different vehicles – to carry cargo on the sea, road and railway tracks without “unpacking”. In a word, multimodal transportation with containers saves a lot of time, money and energy. Simultaneously, the geography of delivery is expanding – the container will be brought to any place where there are roads.

2. Security

Unlike the tilted or bruised body, the container can not be opened with the help of a canning / clerical knife. Corrugated steel sheets on the welded frame reliably protect the cargo from encroachment by third parties and various kinds of damages, unfavorable weather conditions, other influences and moisture ingress. The main thing is that the contents are well packed and densely packed. Moreover, the system of sealing the containers looks a lot more reliable than other types of bodies mentioned by us.

3. Financial benefits

The processing of the item requires a minimum of costs, the cost of handling works is reduced through the use of technology. The work of the loader crew always costs more than the salary of one special equipment operator. Also, we can not fail to mention that the tariff for containers is lower than for other delivery methods due to the large volume of the “parcel”.

So, in fact, using containers, we get cheap and safe transportation with minimal risks in terms of force majeure and other unforeseen circumstances. But there are also pitfalls here.

To begin with, you, one way or another, will have to pay for the lease of the container in two directions. Of course, in the case of demanded directions, the logisticians can find a client who will load his “tare” on the return route, but it does not always work out.

The second negative factor is the low speed of multimodal transportation. If wagons and railway platform-containerships in our latitudes are almost not idle due to abnormal precipitation or heat, then with sea transport the situation looks different. It all depends on the weather.

There may also be queues in ports and transshipment points. For containers, a crane is needed, which at a time “rearranges” only one unit. Often, “throw” the contents of the body into the body with the help of longshoremen goes much faster than waiting in line.