How do they charge for containers????
Oct 19th 2006, 6:22 pm
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How do they charge for containers????
Just out of curiousity i gave a shipping company a call the other day for a quick quote.
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
Oct 19th 2006, 7:04 pm
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Re: How do they charge for containers????
Originally Posted by Katsmajics other half !!!
Just out of curiousity i gave a shipping company a call the other day for a quick quote.
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
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Oct 19th 2006, 7:08 pm
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Re: How do they charge for containers????
Originally Posted by Katsmajics other half !!!
Just out of curiousity i gave a shipping company a call the other day for a quick quote.
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
Oct 19th 2006, 7:31 pm
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Re: How do they charge for containers????
Originally Posted by Katsmajics other half !!!
Just out of curiousity i gave a shipping company a call the other day for a quick quote.
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
Oct 19th 2006, 8:53 pm
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Re: How do they charge for containers????
Originally Posted by tabby
There are also 2 types of 20ft containers, normal size and reffer which is slightly smaller.
Oct 19th 2006, 9:09 pm
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Re: How do they charge for containers????
Originally Posted by Katsmajics other half !!!
Just out of curiousity i gave a shipping company a call the other day for a quick quote.
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
I wanted a quote for a 20ft container from cheltenham uk to Adelaide and the woman said that she could not give a quote as they need to know what goes into the container!!!!!
i thought that you just paid for the size of the container......whether it was full, half full or even empty.
Or am i just being a bit thick here?
If you just want to know a shipping rate for a box to Oz then you can get a quote from one of the shipping lines...
If you don't have enough cargo to fill a container then the agent will ship it as groupage for you. This is a very profitable way to do things for the agent...
A groupage container may well be freighted at double or more of the price of a full box... They'll collect your cargo, and consolidate it with other people's cargo until they have enough to fill a container... Then when it reaches Oz they'll unpack everything into a warehouse and distribute individually from there. As you can see this option involves much more handling and thus many more chances of damage/pilferage...
Oct 25th 2006, 5:16 pm
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Re: How do they charge for containers????
Originally Posted by rodders39
They probably want to know what goes in because they would anticipate packing it themselves and depending on the contents you could have a crew of 4 working for 3 days to pack your 40' like ours... :scared:
If you just want to know a shipping rate for a box to Oz then you can get a quote from one of the shipping lines...
If you don't have enough cargo to fill a container then the agent will ship it as groupage for you. This is a very profitable way to do things for the agent... A groupage container may well be freighted at double or more of the price of a full box... They'll collect your cargo, and consolidate it with other people's cargo until they have enough to fill a container... Then when it reaches Oz they'll unpack everything into a warehouse and distribute individually from there. As you can see this option involves much more handling and thus many more chances of damage/pilferage...
If you just want to know a shipping rate for a box to Oz then you can get a quote from one of the shipping lines...
If you don't have enough cargo to fill a container then the agent will ship it as groupage for you. This is a very profitable way to do things for the agent...
A groupage container may well be freighted at double or more of the price of a full box... They'll collect your cargo, and consolidate it with other people's cargo until they have enough to fill a container... Then when it reaches Oz they'll unpack everything into a warehouse and distribute individually from there. As you can see this option involves much more handling and thus many more chances of damage/pilferage...
