4 Ways to Cut Costs with Bulk Material Container Shipments

Optimize the space occupied by material inside a shipping container. Usually containers loaded with FIBCs (or big bags) are only 90% full at most.

Bulk materials with a light density (below 0.7) will not reach the weight limit per container when loaded with FIBCs.

Modern loading methods with a liner bag let you use 100% of the available space inside a shipping container.

Getting more material into each container means that you need to ship less containers in the end, saving you handling and shipping costs.

One 20-ft container is loaded with 20-28 FIBCs depending on the bulk material and FIBC measurements. Each FIBC weighs 1.5 kg on average, leading to 36 kg of packaging material for 24 FIBCs in one container.

One liner bag for a 20-ft container weighs about 16 kg, saving more than 50% packaging material.

Savings can be generated when only one liner bag is needed per container instead of 24 big bags.

Not only will you be able to save money on the packaging itself, but handling all this packaging and the packaged material will become less costly as well.

Instead of 24 movements with a forklift for each loading and unloading, the liner bag can be installed and dismounted by one person in a matter of minutes.

Also keep in mind the handling required for each FIBC inside the production facilities.

The fourth idea is connected to the former one. Automating your processes for container loading and discharging can allow you to reduce the required manpower and handling steps per container.

Bulk material loadings and discharges are continuous processes that should not require constant handling steps or even observation by your workforce.

Many companies offer their equipment on a rental basis that allows you to automate existing processes without an initial large CapEx investment.