What are the precautions to be taken during container operations?

In Lianyungang's advantageous freight transportation, containers are often seen. So, what should be paid attention to during container operations? Today, our Lianyungang freight forwarding company will introduce to you the precautions to be taken during container loading operations!

1. When packing goods, under no circumstances should the weight of the goods inside the container exceed the maximum loading capacity of the container. The maximum loading weight of the container is calculated by subtracting the weight of the container from its total weight; The total weight and self weight are usually marked on the container door;

2. The unit weight of each container is fixed, so when loading a type of cargo inside the container, as long as the density of the cargo is known, it can be determined whether it is heavy or light cargo. Goods with a density greater than the unit density of the box are considered heavy goods, and the loaded goods are calculated by weight. Conversely, goods with a density less than the unit density of the box are considered light goods, and the loaded goods are calculated by volume. It is important to distinguish between these two different situations in a timely manner to improve packing efficiency;

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3. When loading, the load on the bottom of the container should be balanced, and the load inside the container should not be biased towards one end or one side, especially strictly prohibiting the situation where the center of gravity of the load is biased towards one end;

4. To avoid generating concentrated loads, such as when loading heavy goods such as machinery and equipment, the bottom of the container should be lined with wooden boards or other cushioning materials to distribute the load as much as possible. The average safe load per unit area of the bottom of a standard container is roughly as follows: 1330x9.8N/m for a 20 foot container and 980x9.8N/m2 for a 40 foot container;

5. When manually loading goods, pay attention to whether there are loading and unloading instructions such as "do not invert", "flat", "vertical" on the packaging. Proper use of loading tools is required, and the use of hand hooks is prohibited for bundling goods. The goods inside the box should be loaded neatly and tightly stacked. Goods that are prone to loose bundling and fragile packaging should be cushioned or plywood inserted between the goods to prevent them from moving inside the box;

6. When loading cargo onto pallets, it is necessary to accurately grasp the internal dimensions of the container and the external dimensions of the cargo packaging, in order to calculate the number of loaded items and achieve the goal of minimizing abandoned space and loading more cargo as much as possible;

7. When using a forklift to load and unload boxes, it will be limited by the mechanical free lifting height and the height of the gantry. If conditions permit, forklifts can load two layers at once, but there should be a certain gap between the top and bottom.