If you are not sure you should ask your overseas supplier.
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FCL (Full container load shipped by sea) means that you have sufficient cargo to make it economically viable to have your goods shipped from the country of origin in your own dedicated 20’ or 40’ container.
- A 20’ container has a capacity to hold about 33 cubic metres of cargo.
- A 40’ container has a capacity to hold about 67 cubic metres of cargo.
Click here to view FCL import procedures and costs
LCL (Less than a container load shipped by sea) means that you do NOT have enough cargo to make it economically viable to ship a full container. Under these circumstances your supplier or his agent will arrange for your goods to be consolidated together with other shipments in a container so that you only pay freight charges on the part of the container that your goods occupy.
