Advantages of container cargo transportation
Advantages of container cargo transportation
Container transport is a modern transportation method that uses containers as transportation units to transport goods. It is suitable for ocean transportation, railway transportation, and international multimodal transportation. It is a new and advanced modern transportation. It can concentrate a large number of goods into a specially designed container, and transport them directly from the shipper's warehouse to the consignee's warehouse, implementing a "door to door" transportation; Capable of door-to-door pickup and delivery, as well as rail, water, road, and air intermodal transportation. Transportation using this method is simple, fast, safe, and economical.
Container transportation has obvious advantages, mainly manifested in:
Ensuring the safety of goods - Due to the implementation of "door to door" transportation in containers, the goods are loaded from the shipper's warehouse to the consignee's warehouse at the arrival station, and remain in their original loading state. There is no problem with the goods being reversed midway, and mechanical operations are used during loading and unloading, greatly reducing the damage caused by manual handling of the goods. Even for fragile items like glass, the damage rate drops from 25% to less than 8% after using containers.
Saving packaging costs - Due to the implementation of "door to door" transportation in containers, many goods can be unpacked and packed in bare or simplified packaging, thereby reducing packaging materials and costs. For example, some goods originally packaged in wooden boxes no longer require wooden boxes after using containers, which not only saves costs but also saves a lot of wood.
Improving loading and unloading efficiency - Container loading and unloading are all mechanized operations, which can be compared to non manual handling, resulting in naturally high efficiency. Simplify freight procedures - for railway less-than-truckload cargo transportation, two ticket labels are required for each piece of goods, and each piece must be counted. Due to the large number of decimal places, writing ticket labels, tying ticket labels, receiving goods, or counting the number of pieces during loading, unloading, and delivery are extremely cumbersome and prone to errors and accidents. Switching to container transportation, changing small goods to large boxes, with two ticket labels per box, and handing over with lead seals, inspection and counting are very convenient, and work efficiency can be improved dozens of times.
Accelerated capital turnover - Due to the priority of receiving, loading, entering stations, and loading container goods, the transportation of goods is fast and can be supplied to the market in a timely manner, resulting in faster capital turnover.
In addition, containers can be accepted and delivered in open spaces, which can solve the problem of insufficient warehouses at certain stations, improve the efficiency of vehicle loading and unloading, and accelerate vehicle turnover time.
