Unboxing the container

Session 1 — The Container System. The box, the ship, the network. What a 20ft really holds in practice rather than in the brochure. Why the Panama and Suez canals define vessel classes. Why transhipment never changes the origin of your goods.

Session 2 — Consolidation & the Economics of the Box. Head load and tail load. Buyer's consolidation and the milk run. Weight-or-measurement pricing and where the groupage margin actually sits. What your house bill makes you, and why your destination agent is your largest uncontrolled risk.

Session 3 — The Container Contract. Incoterms, the Bill of Lading, said to contain, and the release decisions that create liability.