What is FCL and LCL in freight

I won't find a large paragraph of text for you from the Internet, but I'll explain it briefly. FCL, that is, for example, a small cabinet is 28 cubic meters, and your goods are exactly 28 cubic meters, which is a full box. If your goods are only 6 cubic meters, then a small cabinet of 28 cubic meters can be loaded with goods from several factories, which is called LCL.

LCL is a way in which the carrier is responsible for packing loose or small quantities of goods consigned by the cargo owner. After receiving this kind of goods, the carrier classifies them according to their nature and destination, and assembles the goods of the same destination and the same nature into the same container of Xiangsen for transportation.

FCL is the whole container, which is called FCL (Full Container Load). FCL is the opposite of LCL, where only one shipper arrives at the destination port, so the whole transportation process is relatively easier than LCL. The consignor is responsible for packing, counting, stowage and sealing the shipment of the whole container of goods.

The unpacking of the FCL cargo after transportation to the destination port is generally handled by the consignee.

LCL comes in three forms:

1. One consignor corresponds to multiple consignees.

2. Multiple consignors correspond to one consignee.

3. Multiple consignees correspond to multiple consignees.

4. FCL: one consignor corresponds to one consignee.

5. LCL can be divided into direct consolidation or transfer consolidation, which means that the goods in the LCL container are loaded and unloaded in the same port, and the goods are not unpacked before they arrive at the destination port, that is, the goods are in the same port of discharge. The shipping period is short, convenient and fast.

6. Transfer refers to the fact that the goods of the same container are transported separately to different ports, because they need to be unloaded and unpacked at the transshipment port, and the transshipment flights such as cargo distribution are required, so the timeliness will be relatively slow, and we should pay attention to this when LCL.

LCL means that your section of the slippery jujube items and others share a container, the cost of dismantling is evenly shared, the advantage of this way is that the ridge is the most cheap, suitable for not many items, the disadvantage is that the time is longer, customs clearance is more troublesome.

FCL is a person renting one or more containers to transport their own belongings separately, which is suitable for immigrants with more goods, and its advantages are extremely high security and fast time. Generally speaking, the smallest container is a 20-foot container with a capacity of 25-26 cubic meters, so you can choose whether to complete or consolidate according to the volume of your items.

LCL by sea. It means that after the carrier (or **person) accepts the small ticket freight consigned by the cargo owner with less than the whole container, it will be classified and sorted according to the nature and destination of the goods. The goods that go to the same destination are gathered into a certain number and packed into boxes.

LCL can be divided into direct or transfer. Direct consolidation means that the goods in the old container are loaded and unloaded at the same port, and the goods are not unpacked before they arrive at the port of destination, that is, the goods are at the same port of discharge. This kind of LCL service has a short delivery time, convenient and fast, and generally has the strength of LCL companies to provide such services.

Consolidation refers to the goods in the container that are not in the same port of destination, and need to be unpacked and unloaded or transferred to the ship in the middle of the way.

Container transportation is indispensable in the logistics process.

In container transportation, there are several ways to transfer LCL and LCL between the ship and the cargo party:

1.Door-to-door: The container loaded by the shipper is transported by the carrier after it is delivered to the carrier for acceptance at its warehouse or factory warehouse until the container is delivered to the consignee's warehouse or factory warehouse. The entire process of this connecting transportation is called "door-to-door" transportation.

2.Door-to-door arrival: From the shipper's warehouse or factory warehouse to the container loading dock yard at the port of destination or port of discharge.

3.From the shipper's warehouse or factory warehouse to the port of destination or the port of discharge, the container cargo is lost to the friendly transport station.

From the container loading dock yard at the place of shipment or the port of packing to the consignee's warehouse or factory warehouse.

From the container handling area yard at the place of departure or the port of packing, to the container handling area yard at the destination or port of discharge.

6.From the container loading dock yard at the origin or packing port to the container freight station at the destination or discharge port.

From the container freight station, the place of shipment or the port of packing, to the consignee's warehouse or factory warehouse.

A yard from a container freight station, place of departure or port of loading, to a container loading area at a destination or port of discharge.

9.Station-to-Dock (CFSTOCFS): From the container freight station, the port of departure or the port of packing, to the container freight station, destination or port of discharge.

10 The only document for a container export shipment is the equipment delivery document.

Small ticket goods containing less than one full box are combined into one container. FCL cargo is to fill a complete box with a cargo owner's goods. FCL transportation is more convenient, can be trailer, can also be built-in, I FCL trailer and interior are in contact with the platform to do, the service is very good, the cost is cheap.

A container is a full container if your goods can be filled, and if your goods cannot be filled, you will generally be asked to LCL, a bit like carpooling.

In the process of international transportation, there are three ways: sea transport, rail transport, air transport, among which the container used by sea and rail, the empty board, a container, a board for a unit, if a company has many goods, can fill a whole unit, it is called the whole container; If the number of goods of a company is not enough to fill a unit, but it is not full or to pay a unit of money, at this time, in order to save resources and reduce costs, you can be singled out by the freight forwarder, just like **, the place of departure, the destination of the same several batches of goods filled with a unit, we partner to pay, so that the cost can be reduced, which is called LCL. LCL is also divided into direct spelling and transfer spelling, if you have any questions, you can continue to ask me.

It's like a watermelon is sold whole or cut into slices.