First, the container itself is limited
Each container has a maximum weight limit on the open door, such as MAXGROSS: 30480KGS. This means that your box can't exceed this weight with the box. Tare--20GP: 2200KGS, 40: 3.720-4200KGS, and some HQs will have MAXGROSS: 32000KGS.
This is the maximum strength that the container box can withstand. If the loading exceeds this limit, the deformation of the box may occur, the bottom plate may fall off, and the top beam may be bent and damaged. All losses arising therefrom will be borne by the loader. At present, most professional container terminals in China have installed automatic weighbridges. Therefore, as long as the container loading exceeds the weight limit of the box, the terminal will refuse to accept the container. Therefore, it is recommended that you check the weight limit on the container before packing to avoid unnecessary reloading.
If the goods are indeed overweight and cannot be split, then you can choose an overweight box. The increase will be the weight selection. The general terminal/yard will stack the common dry boxes of the shipping company. If you want to choose a special weighting cabinet (such as the 20 weighting cabinet mentioned above), the terminal and the yard must be one by one. Find, the resulting cabinet fee is generally the same as the designated counter fee.
Container transportation is a multi-sectoral collaborative process, so in addition to the weight limit of the container itself, there are other factors to consider.
Second, the shipping company is limited
Under normal circumstances, each shipping company's weight policy is different. The standard is not to damage the container as the standard.
In the balance of space and weight considerations. Each container ship has a certain space and weight limit, but on a particular route, the space and weight are not always well balanced. Contradictions often occur in the North China region where heavy cargo is concentrated. The weight of the ship has arrived, and the number of cabins is much less. In order to make up for this loss of space, the shipping company often adopts a fare increase strategy, that is, the cargo weight exceeds the number of tons and additional freight charges are added. . There are also shipping companies that do not use their own ships, but to buy the shipping space of other shipping companies. The weight restrictions will be more stringent, because the shipping between the shipping companies is calculated according to the standard of 1TEU=14TONS or 16TONS. , the weight is not given to the ship.
During the explosion period, depending on the heat of the route, the shipping company will reduce the weight limit of each box type accordingly.
When booking, at the latest shipment, you should ask the freight forwarder about the weight limit of the shipping company. If there is no confirmation and the goods are heavy goods, there is a risk. After some shipping companies are overweight, there will be no room for communication, and the consignor will directly drag the goods, leave the port, pick up the goods and then re-weight. These costs are not well controlled.
Third, the port area limit
Mainly depends on the mechanical equipment load of the dock and the yard.
After the container ship is docked, it usually needs the crane of the dock to carry out the loading and unloading operation, and then it is towed to the container yard by truck and then hoisted by the forklift. If the weight of the container exceeds the mechanical load, it will cause difficulties for the operation of the terminal and the yard. Therefore, for some small ports with relatively backward equipment, the shipping company will generally inform the port of the weight limit in advance, and the limit will not be exceeded.
Fourth, supporting branch line or highway weight limit
People who have done inland in the United States have a deep understanding. The road transport restrictions in the United States are very strict. Because many containers need to be transported to the inland by using the trucks after they are unloaded at the docks, the road weight limit also becomes a shipping company. The reason for limiting the weight of the container, of course, is only to limit the terminal.
The weight of goods to the US line is very strict. The weight limit is mainly affected by the weight limit of the roads in the US inland areas. The general small cabinet is 17.3 tons, and the large high cabinet is 19.5 tons. However, there are different weight limit requirements depending on the port.
Five, the route weight limit
For different routes, the shipping capacity is arranged according to the order of the cargo loading and unloading port and the type and heat of the goods. In addition, the load of the port of destination equipment operation is different.
Overweight processing method
This is mainly because the port area is overweight, the shipping company is overweight, and the destination port is overweight.
1. The shipping company is overweight
Discuss with the shipowner, pay the overweight fee, and the other will go as normal.
2. The port area has self-regulated overweight
If you find that you are overweight when you enter the port, you need to negotiate with the port area, pay the overweight fee plus the artificial fee or reload the box.
3. The destination port is overweight
Generally, if the destination port is overweight, within a certain range, the penalty can be settled; if the overweight is serious, the crane cannot be loaded at the nearby port or can be returned in the same way.