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FCL

Meaning in logistics & supply chain, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In logistics & supply chain, FCL means: Short for full container load: a sea shipment in which one shipper's goods fill or use a whole container on their own.

In Turkish: komple konteyner, FCL

How it is used

The opposite of LCL. FCL is priced per container (20-foot or 40-foot) and becomes cheaper than LCL once a shipment is large enough. The container is usually loaded and sealed at the shipper's premises.

Example sentences

  1. The order is big enough to ship FCL, so we booked one 40-foot container.

  2. FCL shipments are faster because the container doesn't go through a consolidation warehouse.

Common collocations

  • ship FCL
  • FCL rate
  • FCL shipment
  • FCL and LCL
  • LCLShort for less than container load: a small sea shipment that shares a container with goods from other shippers and pays only for the space it uses.
  • containerA large steel box of standard size used to carry goods by ship, train and truck without unloading them when they move from one vehicle to another.
  • TEUShort for twenty-foot equivalent unit: a standard measure of container capacity in which one 20-foot container is 1 TEU and one 40-foot container is 2 TEU.
  • ocean freightThe transport of goods by ship, mostly in containers; the cheapest way to move large volumes over long international distances.
  • consolidationCombining several small shipments, often from different shippers, into one larger load, such as a full container or truck, to lower the cost per unit.

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