In plain English
This means one shipper uses an entire container for its cargo. The container is reserved for that shipper’s goods only and is not shared with goods from other shippers.
In context
In the quote, FCL names the booking option where one shipper’s goods would move in a whole container that is not shared with other shippers’ goods.
- Situation
- Coordinating freight quotes, booking, consolidation, handoff, and transport documents
- What it communicates
- names the whole-container booking option in the quote.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not say how much cargo is inside the container, only that the container is not shared with other shippers’ goods.
Examples
“The supplier sent the tyres as FCL in a container reserved entirely for its own goods.”
“For the furniture shipment, the clerk booked it as FCL rather than combining it with another shipper's cargo.”