In international shipping, what does interior packaging mean? How is it different from production?

one isInterior, refers to the operation mode in which the consignor sends the goods to the station or warehouse designated by the booking freight forwarder, and the station or warehouse packs the goods and collects them at the port. At the beginning, the internal loading was limited to less than container load (LCL), and later the meaning of internal loading was extended to full container load (FCL), that is, the consignor delivers the goods to the designated station, and the station arranges billing, picking up, packing, and collection. Hong Kong etc.

A concept corresponding to interior decoration isProduction, production and packaging is usually what we usually call a "trailer", which directly pulls the empty container to the place of origin or the factory for packing.

Production and packaging use trailers to go to the port yard to pick up the empty boxes of the shipping company, and then drag the empty boxes directly to the origin (factory) of the goods for loading. After loading, they are dragged back to the port yard to wait for customs declaration and loading Ship, ship.

This method does not require the consignor to deliver the goods to the station first, but directly pulls the container to the factory for packing. The consignor can find a fleet to tow the container to the factory for loading, or entrust the booking freight forwarder to arrange a trailer to the factory for loading.

In short, the internal packing means that the factory or the customer first sends the goods to the warehouse designated by the freight forwarder, and the freight forwarder entrusts the warehouse to arrange packing before entering the port. Production loading means that the freight forwarder arranges a trailer to pull the container to the factory or the place designated by the customer for loading, and then directly enters the port.

How to judge interior or production?

Whatever the consignor gets is"Delivery Notice", need to be sent to the designated station or warehouse, is the interior.

Whatever the consignor gets is"Packing list"(also known as the pick-up list), you need to print the bill yourself or entrust a towing company, pick up the box, pack it at the place of origin, return the box, and collect it at the port, which is the production package.

In addition, in international shipping, the FCL is basically a trailer, that is,Mainly production and packaging, supplemented by interior decoration.Because the production packaging is to directly pull the empty boxes to the factory and pack them at one time. The inner loading requires two packings and one unloading. Loading at the factory first, unloading at the loading site, and then loading into the container, one more loading and unloading, which increases the cost, and multiple loading and unloading is more likely to cause cargo damage.