Load types

1. Cargo is a set of goods or merchandise protected by an appropriate packaging that facilitates its rapid mobilization.

2. Products that are classified as general cargo must meet certain requirements: not pose a health risk, not threaten the safety of those who manage it and the environment, as well as not having a defined life time.

2.1. Similarly, general load can be classified into: Fractionated General Load: Consists of individual or loose goods such as: packages, bags and boxes, among others. Unitary General Load: It is made up of individual items grouped into units

3. PERISHABLE LOAD A certain number of products, especially foodstuffs, undergo a normal degradation in their physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics as a result of the passage of time and environmental conditions.

3.1. Among the perishable products are fruits, vegetables, meat and its derivatives, fish, seafood, dairy products, fresh flowers, among others

4. NATURE OF THE LOAD By its nature the cargo is classified as dangerous, fragile and perishable.

4.1. DANGEROUS LOAD: These are merchandise that, if not properly treated, can put human life and the environment where it is transported at risk. The Dangerous Cargo is characterized by having explosive, combustible, oxidizing, poisonous, radioactive etc

5. Load It is the movable property arranged for its transfer from one place to another and subject to operations to achieve this end without altering its main characteristics.

5.1. GENERAL LOAD It is one that comes in a solid, liquid or gaseous state, and that being packed or unpacked, can be treated as a unit.

5.1.1. The general load is transported in packaging whose shape, weight and dimensions conform to its characteristics. Some goods of this type are: computers, shoes, leather articles, clothes, fabrics, general manufactures, etc.

6. Special dimensions and weights: Frequently very bulky or heavy loads require special handling. These characteristics are important from the point of view of freight rates, especially in maritime transport, since when it comes to this type of cargo, freight adds a surcharge to the basic rate.

6.1. The marking establishes the type of marks (standard, informative and handling), as well as ISO pictorial symbols and characteristics.

7. BULK LOAD (SOLID, LIQUID, GASEOUS) It is the set of products that are transported in large quantities, whose only container is the transport vehicle.

7.1. The bulk cargo divide into Solid Bulk: This classification includes grains, coal, iron ore, wood, cement, bauxite, salt, etc. Liquid Bulk: It is the load that is in a liquid or gaseous state...

8. FRAGILE LOAD The transportation of fragile products requires special handling. The entire operation must be carried out with extreme care, including packaging, handling (loading and unloading) and the transfer itself.

8.1. The three critical points in the transportation and physical distribution of fragile cargo are: loading and unloading, movement in the transport vehicle, storage and warehousing.