What are the characteristics of LCL service

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2022-06-24 16:03

What is LCL service?
A way in which the shipper consigns loose or small quantities of goods and the carrier is responsible for packing. After the carrier receives this kind of goods, it is classified according to the nature and destination, and the goods of the same destination and nature are assembled into the same container for transportation.
To put it simply, LCL service is to put different loose goods together in the same container for transportation.

What are the characteristics of LCL service?
1. Integration of different consignors and consignees.
The goods in the LCL are composed of goods from different senders and consignees.
For example, one consignor corresponds to multiple consignees;
Another example is that multiple consignors correspond to one consignee;
Another example is that multiple consignees correspond to multiple consignees.
2. All kinds of goods in the LCL service are easily "implicated"
Since import and export countries have different policies and regulations on restrictions and requirements on various commodities, sometimes a commodity has no restrictions when it is exported from the exporting country, but when it reaches the importing country, it is intercepted. In the LCL service, the goods of various exporters and importers are in one box. If one goods is intercepted, other goods will also suffer from "poison of fish".
3. Cargo information needs to be more accurate
In the LCL service, because different goods belong to different owners, there are strict requirements for the size and weight of each goods. For example, in terms of weight, if each shipment is slightly overweight, it will be As a result, the entire container is significantly overweight; in terms of volume, if each piece of cargo is slightly larger than the size, the integrated volume may be larger than the maximum capacity of the container, which will easily affect the smooth delivery of the container.