Comparison of types of container truck transportation operations
| Container transfer operations within the port area (quayside operation) | Interport transshipment container operations (transshipment) | Import and export full container cargo transportation operations (container yard, CY/full container load, FCL) | |
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| Entrusted customers |
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| Import and export cargo owner |
| Shipping company | |||
| Ocean freight forwarder | |||
| Customs broker | |||
| Number of clients | Few and fixed | Few and fixed | Many and more complicated |
| Transportation distance | Mainly short distance | Mainly long distance | Available for both long and short distances |
| Generally less than 30 km | Generally higher than 200 km | ||
| Freight calculation | One-way | One-way | round trip (Import: heavy container outbound, empty container return |
| Round trip | /Export: outbound for empty containers, return for heavy containers) | ||
| Loading and unloading method | Shore ship handling container | Container yard handling container | Container yard handling container |
| Container yard handling container | Loading and unloading goods in the container | ||
| Vehicle dispatch features | When the fleet performs shipside operations, it must be on shore standby during the ship's loading period for hanging containers | If you want to maximize profits, you must actively coordinate return transportation (return truck) | It is necessary to dynamically issue dispatching instructions according to the location of the vehicle in real time |
| Possible alternative/competitive shipping methods |
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| Container transfer operations within the port area (quayside operation) | Interport transshipment container operations (transshipment) | Import and export full container cargo transportation operations (container yard, CY/full container load, FCL) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entrusted customers | Shipping company Shipping agency | Shipping company Shipping agency | Import and export cargo owner |
| Shipping company | |||
| Ocean freight forwarder | |||
| Customs broker | |||
| Number of clients | Few and fixed | Few and fixed | Many and more complicated |
| Transportation distance | Mainly short distance | Mainly long distance | Available for both long and short distances |
| Generally less than 30 km | Generally higher than 200 km | ||
| Freight calculation | One-way | One-way | round trip (Import: heavy container outbound, empty container return |
| Round trip | /Export: outbound for empty containers, return for heavy containers) | ||
| Loading and unloading method | Shore ship handling container | Container yard handling container | Container yard handling container |
| Container yard handling container | Loading and unloading goods in the container | ||
| Vehicle dispatch features | When the fleet performs shipside operations, it must be on shore standby during the ship's loading period for hanging containers | If you want to maximize profits, you must actively coordinate return transportation (return truck) | It is necessary to dynamically issue dispatching instructions according to the location of the vehicle in real time |
| Possible alternative/competitive shipping methods | Automated guided vehicle Crane handling | Shipping Rail transportation | Container freight station (CFS/LCL) operation and bulk truck transportation Bulk carriers combined with bulk trucks for transportation Rail transportation |
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