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By Rajkamal Rao
By Rajkamal Rao
Go to The Move
The day that the container arrives home is probably the most stressful day of the entire move. The container itself would be parked in your driveway and it is not uncommon for you to have doubts if all those articles that were so meticulously packed will fit into the container - and better, make it safely to their destination.
Strange people in working clothes will descend on your home and go about their chores in an orderly but deliberate fashion because, after all, you are under pressure to load as quickly as possible. Shipping companies allow you a limited time to load (generally 2 hours for a 20’ container and 4 hours for a 40’ container) and charge $60-$70 an hour for any delays beyond the allotted time. Their reasoning is that drivers can’t stand idly by when you load and idle time is money.
Your shipping company will advise you on how best to load the container. One option is to load tightly from floor to ceiling, side to side, and leave an empty space at the front of the container. You will need to build a 'bulkhead'/wall to keep everything from moving into this empty space. The second option would be to 'floor-load' the container, in one or two layers, and filling the container from side to side, back to front. In this case, the 'empty' space will be above the shipment instead of in front. The items in the shipment will brace each other and nothing should move from side to side or front to back.
Hour by hour, the things that you are so used to are carried away by these professionals and mercilessly loaded on to the container. Things begin to happen rather quickly so that even your best plans to organize the placement of individual items in the container in some order will probably fall short. And before long, your entire home is in the container and it’s time to lock the door shut.
One of the common locks that the industry uses for international shipments is the E-Z Loc® Seal from TydenBrooks. For additional security, the industry uses another lock - a high security bolt seal that is placed on the container after the E-Z Loc is activated. Remember, this bolt seal cannot be removed or unlocked once in place. It can only be removed at the time of customs clearance in the India destination city when it is broken open using a bolt cutter - under your watchful eyes.
Your container is now ready to leave your home: by road to the nearest rail yard, by rail to the nearest seaport, by ship nearly half-way across the world with a stop en-route at a major logistical hub, by road from the Indian port of arrival to your final India destination for customs clearance, and finally by road to your India home. If your shipping agent is good, you should get a status confirmation of pickup, within a few days, as in the image below.
The day that the container arrives home is probably the most stressful day of the entire move. The container itself would be parked in your driveway and it is not uncommon for you to have doubts if all those articles that were so meticulously packed will fit into the container - and better, make it safely to their destination.
Strange people in working clothes will descend on your home and go about their chores in an orderly but deliberate fashion because, after all, you are under pressure to load as quickly as possible. Shipping companies allow you a limited time to load (generally 2 hours for a 20’ container and 4 hours for a 40’ container) and charge $60-$70 an hour for any delays beyond the allotted time. Their reasoning is that drivers can’t stand idly by when you load and idle time is money.
Your shipping company will advise you on how best to load the container. One option is to load tightly from floor to ceiling, side to side, and leave an empty space at the front of the container. You will need to build a 'bulkhead'/wall to keep everything from moving into this empty space. The second option would be to 'floor-load' the container, in one or two layers, and filling the container from side to side, back to front. In this case, the 'empty' space will be above the shipment instead of in front. The items in the shipment will brace each other and nothing should move from side to side or front to back.
Hour by hour, the things that you are so used to are carried away by these professionals and mercilessly loaded on to the container. Things begin to happen rather quickly so that even your best plans to organize the placement of individual items in the container in some order will probably fall short. And before long, your entire home is in the container and it’s time to lock the door shut.
One of the common locks that the industry uses for international shipments is the E-Z Loc® Seal from TydenBrooks. For additional security, the industry uses another lock - a high security bolt seal that is placed on the container after the E-Z Loc is activated. Remember, this bolt seal cannot be removed or unlocked once in place. It can only be removed at the time of customs clearance in the India destination city when it is broken open using a bolt cutter - under your watchful eyes.
Your container is now ready to leave your home: by road to the nearest rail yard, by rail to the nearest seaport, by ship nearly half-way across the world with a stop en-route at a major logistical hub, by road from the Indian port of arrival to your final India destination for customs clearance, and finally by road to your India home. If your shipping agent is good, you should get a status confirmation of pickup, within a few days, as in the image below.
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