{"id":11123,"date":"2026-09-08T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/glossar\/fcl-lcl\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:10:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:10:02","slug":"fcl-lcl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/glossar\/fcl-lcl\/","title":{"rendered":"FCL and LCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FCL (Full Container Load)<\/strong> means: A shipper books a complete container, regardless of whether it is fully used. The container is packed at the shipper's premises, sealed and only opened again at the consignee's premises \u2013 fast, secure, predictable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LCL (Less than Container Load)<\/strong> is groupage cargo: Several shippers share one container; the goods are consolidated at a container freight station (CFS) terminal and separated again at the destination. LCL is cheaper for small quantities, but takes longer and involves additional transshipment and handling costs.<\/p>\n<p>For a straightforward container<em>purchase<\/em> the term is only indirectly relevant \u2013 it explains why a \"one-way container\" has already made a sea voyage with cargo. For transporting your own goods in a container, we provide advice as part of <a href=\"\/en\/container-transport-logistik\/\">Container transport and logistics<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FCL (Full Container Load) bedeutet: Ein Versender bucht einen kompletten Container, unabh\u00e4ngig davon, ob er ihn voll ausnutzt. Der Container wird beim Versender gepackt, verplombt und erst beim Empf\u00e4nger wieder ge\u00f6ffnet \u2013 schnell, sicher, planbar. LCL (Less than Container Load) ist die Sammelladung: Mehrere Versender teilen sich einen Container, die Ware wird an einem Container-Freight-Station-Terminal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":11111,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11123\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.coin-container.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}