Full container shipping services are used for transporting cargo and household goods. The containers are packed to full. There are 3 types of full container shipping services offered by international cargo and freight shipping company. These include:
- Live Load Full Container Services
- Drop Off Full Container Services
- Warehouse/Terminal Loading Container Services
Live Load Full Container Services –In this service, the container is dropped o the door step and there’s free loading time to load all the household goods or cargo into the container. After the loading is over, container is transported to international shipping terminal.
Drop Off Full Container Services – In this type of service, the container is dropped at the door and the customer or client has got 2-3 days to load the goods in the container, after which the container is transported to international shipping terminal.
Warehouse/Terminal Loading Container Services – In this service, the household goods/ automobile or both of them are transported to warehouse/terminal where they are packed and loaded into the container.
Shipping Household / Shipping Personal Goods
All small items are nicely draped in a clean box. The big furniture items are wrapped in blankets or the plastics. Rope the goods well so that they do not shift from place to place due to jerks during the transportation. You can do the packaging and loading either by yourself, or you may even hire the services of local packer and mover. Keep in mind to make packing list of the household goods into the container.
Shipping Household / Shipping Personal Goods with a Vehicle
All small items are nicely draped in a clean box. The big furniture items are wrapped in blankets or the plastics before loading them into the container. You need to order 40’ container for shipping the vehicle, big furniture items and other household/personal goods. For rest of your household goods, you can always pack them in 20’ container which is spacious and comfortable too. 20’ container is ideal for shipping the household as well as personal goods.
3 Methods of shipping household / shipping personal goods with a vehicle
A 20' or 40' container is dropped at the doorsteps using live load container shipping or drop off Shipping Method. The container is 4' (feet) above the ground and fixed over the chassis. When loading a vehicle into container block the tires and strap the vehicle so that it doesn’t move around. The battery has to be disconnected and moreover, the gas level should be less than 1/8 a tank of gas. After the loading is over, container is transported to international shipping terminal.
A 40' container and not 20' shipping container is used for shipping your household goods as well as vehicle. Here the vehicle is transported to the warehouse, where it is will be loaded in the 40’ container. The gas level should be less than 1/8 a tank of gas. Mind it; you should have already loaded personal household goods into the container.
You can also transport wrapped and well packed household goods and vehicle to the nearest warehouse where they will be loaded into 20’ or 40’ container and then taken to shipping terminal. The gas level should be less than 1/8 a tank of gas
The author is working in a professionally managed international moving company and managing shipping container services to host of countries.
