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FCL or LCL for your shipment?

Full container load (FCL) means that the volume is large enough to fill a whole container by one customer. Less than container load (LCL) means that the shipment is smaller than a full container load and that multiple shippers' goods are packed together.

In most cases, LCL (less than container load) means that pallets are being shipped. In some cases other units i.e. boxes, sacks, bales, barrels, etc. are being transported. These units can also be arranged on pallets.

In case, when large or odd-sized items are being transported there, maybe need to provide special solutions, in some cases open units in full container load (FCL).

What type of container?

There are many things that need to be considered when choosing containers. Below you can read about sizes, types and other things that should be taken into consideration when transporting a full container load.
20ft and 40 ft containers of various types are used:

  • Dry containers are used to transport various dry goods such as clothing, personal effects, furniture, industrial products, etc.
  • Temperature controlled containers (refrigerated- and freezer containers) are used to transport i.e. food, fish products, various raw material, and other products that are sensitive to changes in temperature.
  • Open containers (flat rack, open-top containers, etc.) for the transport of various types of goods, appliances, large and oversized units.

Responsibility for container loading depends on the description in the sailing manifest:

  • FCL/FCL - sender loads container and receiver empties
  • LCL/FCL - Eimskip loads container and receiver empties
  • FCL/LCL - sender loads container and Eimskip empties
  • LCL/LCL - Eimskip loads container and empties

More about containers

Container types
20 Ft Gamur Blar
20 feet standard dry container

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 5,895 mm

2,330 kg

33 m³

28,500 kg

W: 2,350 mm

W: 2,340 mm

H: 2,390 mm

H: 2,280 mm

40 Ft Gamur Blar
40 feet standard dry container

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 12,030 mm

3,800 kg

67 m³

26,800 kg

W: 2,350 mm

W: 2,340 mm

H: 2,390 mm

H: 2,280 mm

40 Ft Gamur Hvitur
40 feet high cube temperature controlled

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 11,577 mm

4,600 kg

67 m3

29,000 kg

W: 2,280 mm

W: 2,290 mm

H: 2,525 mm

H: 2,492 mm

40 Ft Gamur Pallet Blar
40 feet flat Racks

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 11,770 mm

4,900 kg

40,100 kg

W: 2,360 mm

H: 1,900 mm

40 Ft Gamur Opinn Blar
40 feet open top

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 12,026 mm

2,300 kg

32 m3

26,500 kg

W: 2,350 mm

W: 2,336 mm

H: 2,390 mm

Top opening 11,879x2,184 mm

Eurpalletteat4x
Pallette, standard size

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

40 feet high cube dry container

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 12,030 mm

3,850 kg

76 m3

26,800 kg

W: 2,350 mm

W: 2,340 mm

H: 2,690 mm

H: 2,585 mm

20 Ft Gamur Hvitur
20 feet Insulated containers

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L.: 5,850 mm

2,460 kg

31 m3

17,800 kg

W: 2,290 mm

W: 2,290 mm

H: 2,280 mm

H: 2,240 mm

20 feet Bulk-containers

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 5,895 mm

2,330 kg

33 m3

28,500 kg

W: 2,350 mm

W: 2,340 mm

H: 2,390 mm

H: 2,280 mm

20 Ft Gamur Opinn Blar
20 feet open top

Inner size

Opening

Weight

Capacity

Dead weight

L: 5,890 mm

2,300 kg

32 m3

28,100 kg

W: 2,350 mm

W: Door 2,336 mm

H: 2,350 mm

Top opening 5,680x2,250 mm

Weight restrictions / maximum permissible weight (gross content)

Land

Tonn

Note

France

22,5

 

Germany

22,5

 

Germany - Bremerhaven

25

Transit within 150 km radius from the port of discharge

Netherlands

26

 

UK

23

Extra charge for 25 tonnes container

Poland

22,5

 

Belgium

26

 

Denmark

25   

When driving from Rotterdam and passing through Germany the permissible weight is 22.5 tonnes

Finland

26

 

Greece

22

 

Iceland

25

 

Italy

22

 

Canada

26

 

Norway

24

 

Portugal

25

Transferred by vessel to Portugal and driven from there

Spain - Truck and vessel

25

Transferred by vessel to Spain and driven from there

Spain - Truck

22,5

 

Switzerland

22

 

Sweden

26

 

USA - East Coast

19,8

Average weight, it is necessary to look into this for each state

USA - West Coast

17

Average weight, it is necessary to look into this for each state