How to deal with the container overweight problem?

The container itself is weight limited

Each container has a maximum weight limit on the opening door, such as Max Gross :30480KGS.
It means that your box and cargo should not exceed this weight.
Tare weight --20GP: 2200KGS,40:3.720-4200kgs, some HQ will have MAX GROSS: 32000KGS.

This is the maximum strength that the container body can bear. If the loading exceeds this limit, the container body may be deformed, the bottom plate may fall off, the top beam may bend, and other damages may occur. All the losses resulting therefrom shall be borne by the shipper.
At present, most of the domestic professional container terminals are installed with automatic loadometer, so as long as the container loading exceeds the weight limit of the box, the terminal is all refused to receive the container.
Therefore, it is recommended that you see clearly the weight limit on the container body before loading, in order to avoid unnecessary reloading operations.

If the goods are indeed overweight and cannot be divided, then the overweight cartons can be chosen.
Generally, the wharf/yard stacks the common dry containers of the shipping company together. If you want to choose the special weighted containers (such as the 20 weighted containers mentioned above), the wharf and the yard must search one by one. The resulting container selection fee is generally the same price as the specified container fee.

Container transport is a collaborative process involving multiple departments, so in addition to the weight limit of the container itself, there are other factors to consider.

The shipping company limits weight

In general, each shipping company's weight policy is different, the standard is not to damage the container as the standard.

In the space and weight of the balance consideration.
Each container ship has a certain space and weight limit, but on a particular route, the space and weight are not always just balanced out.
Conflicts often occur in North China, where heavy cargo is concentrated. The weight of the ship has arrived, but the shipping space is still much less. In order to make up for the loss of shipping space, shipping companies often adopt the strategy of price markup, that is, they charge extra freight when the cargo weight exceeds any number of tons.
There are also shipping companies that do not use their own ships, but buy the shipping space of other shipping companies. The weight restriction will be more strict, because shipping space sales among shipping companies are calculated according to the standard of 1TEU=14TONS or 16TONS, and those exceeding the weight will not be allowed on board.

During the explosion period, according to the different heat of the route, the shipping company will reduce the weight limit for each container type accordingly.

When booking space, it is necessary to ask the freight forwarder about the weight limit of the shipping company when the latest shipment is made.
If there is no confirmation and the goods are heavy, there will be a risk. Some shipping companies will not have any room for communication after they are overweight, so they will directly let the shipper tow the goods, leave the port, draw out the goods and then weigh them again.
These costs are hard to control.

Port weight

It mainly looks at the mechanical equipment load of wharf and yard.

When a container ship docks, it usually needs a crane at the dock to load and unload, and then it is towed to the container yard by a truck and then lifted down by a forklift.
If the weight of the container exceeds the mechanical load, it will cause difficulties for the operation of the dock and yard. Therefore, for some small ports with relatively backward equipment, the shipping company will generally inform the weight limit of the port in advance, and the weight limit exceeding this limit will not be charged.

Supporting feeder boat or highway weight limit

People who have done inland points in the United States have deep experience that the weight limit of road transportation in the United States is very strict. Because many containers need to be towed inland by road with collector cards after being unloaded at the wharf, the weight limit of road also becomes the reason for shipping companies to limit the weight of containers. Of course, only those that do not reach the wharf are not subject to this limit.

The cargo to the United States has strict requirements on weight, and the weight limit is mainly affected by the weight limit of the highway to the inland point of the United States. Generally, the small container is 17.3 tons, and the large high container is 19.5 tons.
But there are different weight limits according to different ports.

Route weight

For different routes, the shipping company's capacity is arranged according to the loading order of the cargo loading port and the different types and heat of the cargo export. In addition, due to the load problem of the equipment operation at the destination port, the weight limit of containers of different sizes on different routes is naturally different.

What if I'm overweight?

This is mainly divided into overweight port area, ship company overweight, overweight port of destination

1. The shipping company is overweight

Negotiate with the shipowner, make up the overweight fee, other according to the normal go;

2, the port area has its own provisions of overweight

If it is found overweight at the time of entering the port, it is necessary to negotiate with the port area and pay the overweight fee plus the manual fee or take out the box for reloading.

3. The destination port is overweight

After the general destination port overweight in a certain range, pay a fine can be solved;
If the weight is serious, the crane along the way can not be loaded, but can be transferred to a nearby port or back to the original road.