1. In the whole process of transportation, the container can be easily and conveniently changed from one transportation vehicle to another without touching or moving the goods in the container;
2. After the goods are packed from the shipper's factory or warehouse, they can be transported to the consignee's factory or warehouse through different modes of transportation by sea, land and air to achieve “door-to-door” transportation without unpacking and inspection in the middle;
3. The container is shipped by the transportation equipment of special equipment, with fast loading and unloading, high efficiency and guaranteed quality;
4. Generally, a carrier is responsible for the entire transportation.
Its superiority is:
1. Improve loading and unloading efficiency and accelerate the turnover of vehicles and ships;
2. Improve the quality of transportation and reduce the cargo damage;
3. Facilitate the transportation of goods, simplify the shipping procedures, speed up the freight, and shorten the freight time;
4. Save packaging materials, reduce transportation and miscellaneous expenses; save loading and unloading costs, reduce operating expenses, and reduce transportation costs;
5. Save labor and improve working conditions;
6. Save warehouse capacity, compress inventory, and accelerate capital turnover.
The shortcoming is mainly that the box has limitations on the goods. The bulk equipment is basically not used for this operation. Of course, the container transportation is gradually improving, and there are special cabinets.
Container transportation is a modern and advanced mode of transportation that uses containers as a transport unit for cargo transportation.