Full container load
Full Container Load (FCL) (French Conteneur Complet , German full container load ) is an economic term from freight container traffic . It describes the door-to-door traffic for the entire container. Full Container Load (FCL) can extend to both shipping and general cargo transport by truck . They are also used in intermodal transport with loading onto freight trains or aircraft .
In contrast to the Less Container Load (LCL), which involves different partial loads ( general cargo ) of a standardized freight container , with the FCL the shipping company takes over an already fully loaded container from the unloader for shipment , as the delivery is not assembled and sealed by the customs authorities thus "from a single source" is adopted.
The responsibility lies in the load at the sender and for unloading at the recipient of the goods .
Economical meaning
Full container loads are gaining in importance in international long-distance freight transport, as the mandatory sealing of the smuggling of goods abroad (but also human trafficking ) can be contained. As a result, the so-called transit countries are not exposed to any danger in this regard.
Individual evidence
- ^ A. Otto and R. Obermaier: Logistikmanagement 2007: Analysis, evaluation and design of logistic systems. DVU, 2007, ISBN 3-835-00908-7 limited preview in the Google book search
- ↑ Full container load (FCL). ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: logistik-lexikon.de accessed on November 24, 2010
