At Express Freight Handlers, we believe that our freight loading and unloading services improve the efficiency of the logistics supply chain. We like to think of it as value chain enhancement. One of these value-add services we offer is container stripping. Our teams of seasoned professionals and their supervisor can be deployed to assist by consolidating freight. We’ll provide stuffing and stripping of container cargo. This benefits transportation carriers, logistics managers, warehouse overseers, and retailers alike in a variety of ways. Our services can translate into fewer trips to warehouses, no empty redelivery, no demurrage, reduced stock buffers, and potentially lower insurance costs, therefore lowering operations expenses. Best of all, it allows our clients to focus on their core business goals while our teams work to add value to their enterprise.
Let’s start with definition basics: container stuffing is the container loading operation. The intention is to use as much of the container’s capacity as possible while ensuring that the cargo is properly secured to minimize load shift and/or damage while in transit. Conversely, container stripping is the unloading of numerous small consignments from a single container. Understandably, while many trucks and containers are loaded with same-sized items, the majority of cargo will be made up of freight of varied sizes, weights, and packaging. It is essential that the freight be properly shored up, palletized, balanced over the axles, and more, not only to prevent damages, but also to ensure the safety of the driver.
Container stripping is carried out at freight stations, such as loading and unloading docks. Express Freight Handlers’ teams deconsolidate the freight, weigh the freight, and, as needed, provide packing and repacking services. This usually becomes necessary if our team discovers damages/losses that have occurred in transit due to load shift. In that event, our team will repalletize and shore up non-damaged goods while their supervisor works on an inventory report for the Over, Short, and Damaged (OS&D) department of the transportation carrier, as well as any other involved parties. We talked earlier about the value of our services to your business as well as your bottom line. Here is the short list:
- Partnering with Express Freight Handlers for container stripping services enables existing staff to remain productive performing their routine duties. This translates into higher productivity, lowers the possibility of their injury, and helps avoid liability claims.
- Increased supply chain flexibility.
- Further reduces overhead costs as containers will be filled to their safe capacity by professionals who strictly adhere to state, federal, and industry regulations and guidelines.
- Our teams work by the job and are not on your 40-hours-per-week payroll, nor is your firm paying their benefits. We carry liability insurance and all other required coverages for our teams.
- Express Freight Handlers’ teams are experienced in using all the tools of our trade, which include ramps, hand trucks, forklifts, and proper palletizing and packing materials and tie-downs.
To sum up the title question, our value to your supply chain, bottom line, and therefore the operational efficiency of your enterprise is exceptional. As leading freight loaders and unloaders, we operate nationwide and successfully load and unload over a million trailers and containers every year. We invite you to learn more about our container stripping and other services and how partnering with Express Freight Handlers can benefit your business. Call today!
