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Moving Company: Company whose business involves collecting, despatching, and delivery of household goods, personal effects, contents of businesses, offices, etc. May or may not include packing.
Local Mover or Moving Co.: Individual or company doing short distance moving within a certain area. May be small to large size involving staff, equiipment, etc.
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Container: a steel shipping box measuring either 20 or 40 feet on length and contaiing from 30 to 60 cubic meters. A special Hi-Cube 40 foot container is about 0.75 meters higher than a standard 40 container, and can contain a volume of up to 73 CBM
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International Mover or Company: Company offering full logistical services from one country to another. Usually incorporates the services of international marine and aviation carriers ( ocean shipping and airline companies), as well as working with affiliated partner companies abroad, often fellow members of known international moving and logistics associations.
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Consolidation: A group or groupage shipment of two or more shippers in a shipping container. Consolidation shipments are handled by a cargo consolidaiton agent who specializes in handling these kind of shipments. These cargos are often shipped via an interim port and then removed from the original container and transferred to another container on a different vessel. Also Referred to as a trans-shipment.
International Mover or Company: Company offering full logistical services from one country to another. Usually incorporates the services of international marine and aviation carriers ( ocean shipping and airline companies), as well as working with affiliated ´partner´ companies abroad, often fellow members of known international moving and logistics associations.
Container: a steel shipping box measuring either 20 or 40 feet on length and contaiing from 30 to 60 cubic meters. A special Hi-Cube 40 foot container is about 0.75 meters higher than a standard 40´ container, and can contain a volume of up to 73 CBM
Cubic Meter (M3 or CBM): measurement for packing volume used by many countries equaling 34.5 cubic feet. Volume is equivilant to approx. 8-10 standard sized suitcases, or the same volume as a medium sized refrigerator.
Door to Door Service: Goods are packed and sent (and covered by marine insurance) from door of business or residence of ther shipper to the door or residence of receiver of the goods. It usually applies to goods being brought inside of residence as well, including setting items in desired rooms, upwrapping and possibly reassembly of furniture, and removal of packing debris. If required full unpacking can be arranged, at extra cost.
Door to Port Service: Goods are sent (and insured) to the Port of Entry only. Owner of goods must then arrange to have goods customs cleared and delivered.
Lift Van (L/V): A large wooden packing box with a packing volume of approx. 5 cubic meters. Usual measurements are 2.20 x 2.10 x 1.6 meters.
FCL: Full container load, usually from one shipper.
LCL: A shipment less than a full container load. Shipments in L/VÅ› are referred to as LCL shipments.
Pallet: A wooden platform on which goods (particular machinery or pieces of large machinery, have been strapped to by gpastric or steel banding. Though more economical than shipping items in lift Vans, the likelihood of damage is greater for palletized goods.
Air Carton: specially designed paperboard carton for air shipments. Usually has a special paperboard pallet built in underneath.
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