FCL Shipment

FCL means Full Container Load. The meaning of FCL, as its name suggests, is shippers having an entire container in which it can load its cargo. Under a Full Container Load, goods and merchandise in a container are loaded and unloaded under a single consignee.

This, however, does not mean that you need to fill the entire container. Even though you’re entitled to a FCL load, you may fill the container only partially, which is a fairly common practice in the ocean freight industry.