Shipping containers are indispensable in the realm of transportation and storage. These shipping containers, which are made up of maritime-grade corten steel, are excellent assets when it comes to shipping goods over short and long distances, or storing things for a very long period of time. 

These shipping containers come in various shapes and dimensions and all you need to do is to pick the one of your choice that will suffice your needs. However, before you opt for a particular container from a container supplier of your location, you must consider the following points. On this page, let us discuss those points. 

What goods are you planning to store or ship? 

This is of the first and foremost things to take into account the nature of goods you need to store or ship. The dimension and nature of the containers will depend on that. But that is not the only thing you need to take into account. In this aspect, you need to ask the following questions: 

• What is the type or nature of goods you are shipping?
• Do you want to ship any goods that need to be refrigerated?
• Is your shipment hazardous? 

The answers to all these questions you get to these questions will determine the type of  containers you need to opt for. 

What are the dimensions and the quantity of the cargo? 

This is yet another very important question you need to ask yourself before you opt for shipping containers in Brisbane. While doing so, you must consider the following points: 

• Total weightage of the cargo
• Total size of the cargo (m3) 
• The number of pallets or boxes you need to ship 

The total weight and dimension of the consignment play a pivotal role in determining the overall costs of hiring or purchasing the containers. If you have larger, longer and heavier consignments to ship, it will obviously require additional space. Therefore, you can expect additional surcharges to be applied apart from the common services charges.

In case you are unable to load an entire container, you might have to opt for Less than Container Load or LCL. When you opt for LCL, your small-volume goods will be combined with other orders from other stakeholders for filling up the container space. In that case you pay for your share of space accordingly.

What is your shipping origin and destination? 

The next step you need to take into account before you buy shipping containers in Toowoomba is the origin and destination of your consignment. You need to decide whether you want your cargo to be shipped door  to door or from warehouse to door, or warehouse to warehouse. Also, you need to calculate the start and end points. The start and finish points will have an effect on the overall freight cost, and will determine if you would require an end-to-end logistics service, which will be included in inland transportation. 

Thus you see, before you opt for these shipping containers, you need to get concrete answers to these questions. Once done, you must get in touch with us at Dan’s Shipping Containers as we are amongst the best in the business. Call us to at 1300 263 976 to select the container of your choice.