What types of cargo are generally loaded in containers? What are the types of containerized cargo? The most significant feature of a container is that it serves both as a packaging container and a transport container. Therefore, special attention must be paid during the loading and unloading process, and appropriate methods directly affect the efficiency of the entire transportation chain. Before loading and unloading containerized cargo, it is essential to understand the characteristics of the cargo to be loaded, select a suitable container, conduct a thorough inspection of the chosen container, and then perform loading and unloading according to correct procedures. Prior to loading cargo into a container, the type, attributes, and specific packing requirements of the cargo should be understood to use the container rationally based on those criteria. Additionally, necessary cleaning and inspection of the selected container must be carried out to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of the cargo to its destination.

What types of cargo are generally loaded in containers? Containerized transport involves a wide variety of cargo types, with different shapes. Therefore, selecting a container based on the type of cargo can maximize the utilization of container volume and weight while reducing cargo damage. It is highly necessary to choose an appropriate container according to the type, nature, volume, weight, and shape of the cargo.

1. Classification by Degree of Suitability for Containerization

(1) Cargo most suitable for containerization. This type of cargo generally has two basic characteristics:

First, the weight, volume, shape, packaging, and other physical attributes of the cargo can properly match the load capacity (both in weight and volume) of the container.

Second, both the value of the cargo and its freight rate are relatively high.

Therefore, using containers to ship such cargo makes it possible to fully utilize the container's load capacity while achieving high economic returns. This type of cargo is usually valuable merchandise, such as small precision machinery, instruments, various textiles, and pharmaceutical products.

(2) Suitable containerizable cargo. Compared to the above type, regarding physical attributes, these goods also make good use of the container's load capacity, but from an economic perspective, both value and freight rates are lower. These typically refer to general miscellaneous cargo, such as daily consumer goods, electrical appliances and materials, raw hides, etc.

(3) Marginal/Borderline containerizable cargo. So-called marginal cargo means these goods can be shipped with or without containers, but generally it is best not to use containers because both the value and freight rates are very low. Examples include semi-finished products and raw materials like pig iron, logs, rice, and feed, where using containers results in poor economic efficiency.

(4) Unsuitable containerizable cargo. Carriage of such cargo in containers is basically impossible due to over-dimensional or overweight characteristics, such as bridges, steel rails, large machinery and equipment. Strictly speaking, these do not constitute containerized cargo.

2. Classification by Cargo Nature

What types of cargo are generally loaded in containers? According to their nature, containerized cargo can be divided into general cargo, typical cargo, and special cargo.

1. General Cargo.

General cargo can also be called miscellaneous goods. These are goods for which special storage or handling methods are not required due to their properties. Their characteristics include small shipment volumes and a wide variety. General cargo can be further divided into clean cargo and dirty/unclean cargo.

1) Clean cargo refers to goods that are clean and dry themselves, without special requirements during storage and transport, and are unlikely to damage contaminate other goods when mixed. Examples include textiles, cotton, hemp, fiber products, rubber products, toys.

2) Dirty/unclean cargo refers to goods easily generating moisture, heat, odors, etc., thereby causing serious wetting, staining, or odor contamination to other cargo. Examples such as cement, graphite, grease, asphalt, camphor, pepper.

2. Typical Cargo

Typical cargo includes goods packaged according to characteristics needing suitable stowage methods.An elevated the requisite loading . high.
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