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What is an LCL – Less Than Container Load? What can and cannot be shipped as LCL?

April 26, 2017container LCL load shipped

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What is an LCL – Less Than Container Load? What can and cannot be shipped as LCL?

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In respect of sea freight LCL an abbreviation for “Less than Container Load”. This term is commonly used in the sea freight industry and by international moving companies to describe a sea freight service that designed for shipping boxed, crated or palletized cargo that cannot fill an entire 20 or 40 foot sea container. For more information refer to this link. If you are shipping household goods or personal effects not for sale from the USA, then we recommend you reading this link as well.