What are the methods and techniques for container loading

1. In any case, when loading goods into a container, the weight of the goods inside the container cannot exceed the MAX loading capacity of the container, which is obtained by subtracting the total weight of the container from its own weight. In general, the total weight and self weight are marked on the door of the container.

2. The unit weight of each container is fixed, so when loading the same 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. If the density of the goods is greater than the unit density of the box, it is considered heavy cargo; otherwise, it is considered light cargo. Timely and clear differentiation between these two different situations is important for improving packing efficiency.

3. When loading, it is necessary to balance the load on the bottom of the box, especially strictly prohibiting the situation where the center of gravity of the load deviates from one end.

4. Avoid generating concentrated loads. When loading heavy goods such as machinery and equipment, wooden boards or other cushioning materials should be laid at the bottom of the box to disperse its load as much as possible. The average safe load per unit area of the bottom of a standard container is approximately 1330x9.8N/m for a 20 foot container and 980x9.8N/m2 for a 40 foot container.

5. When using manual loading, attention should be paid to whether there are loading and unloading instructions such as "cannot be inverted", "flat", "vertical" on the packaging. Be sure to use loading tools correctly, and do not use hand hooks when 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 padded or plywood inserted between the goods to prevent them from moving inside the box.

6. When loading 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 abandonment and loading more cargo.

7. When using a forklift for loading and unloading, it will be limited by the free lifting height of the machinery and the height of the gantry. Therefore, if conditions permit, forklift loading can load two layers at once, but there should be a certain gap between the top and bottom. If conditions do not allow for loading two layers at once, when loading the second layer, taking into account the free lifting height of the forklift and the possible lifting height of the forklift door frame, the lifting height of the door frame should be subtracted from the height of the first layer of goods, so that the second layer of goods can be loaded on top of the third layer of goods.