Santa Claus and Jack Frost mostly come by sea;)

January 15, 2009

Does not matter how old are you and which of good men, Santa Claus or Jack Frost is your favorite, your New Year gift probably arrived in a container by sea;)

90% of all unit goods are transported by sea, mostly in one of more than 20 million containers that are currently circulating in global logistical chain. About 30% of all goods that are carried by container service come from China.

Most frequently used containers are 40 feet containers. Standardized 40 feet container is 8 feet wide and 8 feet and 6 inches high. When we convert traditional imperial measures in meters, we get following inside measures, that are: 12 x 2,35 x 2,38 meters with a volume something above 67 cubic meters.

Let’s see what kind of wide consumption goods are mostly transported in containers. Promotional web-portal of maritime industry has published some interesting outcomes regarding to well-sold gifts that are transported in containers and reach the customer by sea.

Most frequent sold gifts that are carried in containers by sea

Standardized 40 feet container can accept: 6.000 remote-controlled car toys or 3000 electric guitars or 770 iMac computers or 16.750 Elm’s puppets or 2.500 Playstation consoles or 18.000 Barbie dolls or 2.500 poker sets or 1.600 coffee machines or 8.000 Transformers series toys.

Do not forget, only one container is needed for transportation of separate mentioned products, when big container vessels can board 14.000 of 40 feet containers…