What are transfer station, container freight station and container yard?
What are transfer station, container freight station and container yard?
1. Container depot or inland Depot
Transfer station or distribution center for container transportation outside the seaport. Its role is the same as that of the container loading and unloading area, except that there is no loading and unloading operation of the special container ship. The measurement of transfer station or inland station includes the urban transfer station of container loading and unloading port, inland city and inland station of inland river port.
2. Container freight station (CFS for short)
A place for the delivery of LCL cargo to and from both the ship and the cargo. The carrier can only entrust the operator of one container terminal in a port or inland city. It handles the following main businesses on behalf of the carrier: ① tally and handover of LCL goods; ② If there is any abnormality in the appearance inspection of the goods, it shall be annotated; ③ Stowage and packing of LCL goods; ④ Unpacking and storage of imported unpacked goods; ⑤ Put lead seal on behalf of the carrier and issue station receipt; ⑥ Handle various documents and preparation, etc.
3. Container yard (container yard:cy)
Some places are also called stations, which refer to places for handling the loading, unloading, transshipment, storage and handover of heavy or empty containers. Its function is to gather the containers of all export customers at a certain place (whether customs clearance or not), and then board the ship uniformly after the port cut-off time (at this time, it must have been customs clearance), so as to facilitate the management of shipping companies and customs.
The marshalling yard in front of the container terminal refers to the site where containers are temporarily stacked in front of the container terminal in order to speed up ship loading and unloading operations. Its function is: when the container ship arrives at the port, the export containers are stacked neatly in a planned and orderly manner according to the stowage requirements, and the import containers are temporarily stacked in front of the dock when unloading, so as to speed up the ship's loading and unloading operations.
Container yard refers to the place where heavy containers or empty containers are handed over, kept and stacked. In some countries, container yards are not divided into front yards or rear yards, which are collectively referred to as yards. The container rear yard is an integral part of the container loading and unloading area. It is the place for handling the handover of full container goods in the "on-site" handover mode of container transportation (in fact, the handover is carried out at the "gate" of the container unloading area).
