"Container weight limit itself
Each container has the information of maximum weight limit on the opening door, such as MAX GROSS :30480KGS, which means that your box with cargo can not exceed this weight. Tare weight - 20GP: 2200KGS, 40 for: 3.720-4200KGS, individual HQ will have MAX GROSS: 32000KGS.
This is the maximum strength of the container box can withstand, loading more than this limit, may occur box shape, bottom plate off, top beam bending and other damages, resulting in all losses will be borne by the loader. At present, most of the domestic professional container terminals have installed automatic weighbridge, so as long as the container loading exceeds the weight limit of the box, the terminal is always refused to accept the container. So it is recommended to see the weight limit on the container box clearly before loading, in order to avoid unnecessary reloading operations.
If the goods are really overweight and can not be divided, then you can choose overweight box. Here will increase is to choose the weight fee, general terminal / yard will shipping company's ordinary dry box stacked together, if you want to choose one of the special weighted cabinet (such as the previous talk about the 20 weighted cabinets), the terminal, the yard must be one by one to find out the resulting selection of the container fee is generally the same price with the designated cabinet fee.
Container transport is a collaborative process involving multiple departments, so in addition to the weight limit of the container box itself, there are some other factors to consider.
Shipping company weight limit
In general, each shipping company weight policy is different, about 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 specifically in a certain route, space and weight is not always just the right balance used up. Contradictions often occur in the heavy cargo out of the more concentrated in northern China, the ship's weight has been to the cabin space is still a lot less, in order to make up for this loss of space, the shipping company tends to take the strategy of price increases, that is, the weight of the cargo more than how many tonnes of additional freight charges. There are also shipping companies are not using their own ship, but to buy other shipping company's space to transport, the weight limit will be more strict, because the shipping company between the cabin trading one are in accordance with the standard of 1TEU = 14TONS or 16TONS to calculate, more than the weight of the ship will not be given to the ship.
In the period of bursting cabin, according to the different hotness of the route, the shipping company's weight limit for each box type will be adjusted downward accordingly.
When booking, you should ask the forwarder about the weight limit of the shipping company at the latest time of shipment. If there is no confirmation and the cargo is heavy, there is a risk that some shipping companies will not have any communication space after overweight, and will directly let the consignor to haul the cargo, leave the port, pull out the cargo and then reweigh the cargo. These costs are not easy to control.
Weight limit in port area
It mainly depends on the loading of machinery and equipment in the wharf and yard.
After a container ship docks at a pier, it usually needs a crane at the pier to carry out loading and unloading operations, and then it is towed to the container yard by a truck and then lifted down by a forklift truck. If the weight of the container exceeds the mechanical load, it will cause difficulties to the operation of the wharf and yard. Therefore, for some small ports with backward equipments, the shipping company usually informs the weight limit of the port in advance, and will not accept anything exceeding this limit.
Supporting feeder vessel or road weight limit
People who have done the U.S. inland points have a deep understanding of the U.S. road transport weight limit is very strict, because many containers are unloaded at the terminal after the need to use the container trucks to take the highway towed to the inland, so the highway weight limit has also become the reason for the shipping company to limit the weight of containers, of course, only to do the terminal is not in this limitation.
To the U.S. line of goods on the weight requirements are very strict, the weight limit is mainly by the U.S. inland point of the highway weight limit of the impact of the general small cabinets 17.3 tonnes, large container 19.5 tonnes. But according to different ports, there are different weight limit requirements.
Route weight limit
Different routes, shipping company capacity is in accordance with the order of cargo loading and unloading ports of call and the export of goods of different types and heat to arrange, coupled with the destination port equipment operation of the load problem, different routes of different sizes of cabinets, naturally, there are also different weight limits.
What to do if overweight
This is mainly divided into overweight in port area, overweight in shipping company and overweight in destination port.
1、Overweight of shipping company
Discuss with the shipowner, pay the overweight fee, and go according to normal.
2、Harbour area has its own regulations of overweight
If overweight is found in the port, we need to negotiate with the port area and pay the overweight fee plus labour handling fee or empty the box for reloading.
3、Overweight at destination port
Generally, if the overweight in the destination port is within a certain range, it can be solved by paying a fine; if the overweight is serious, the cranes along the way can not be loaded, but can only be transferred in the nearby ports or return to the original way.
