It involve cargo volume and weight as well as transport rates.
Fcl container volume.
Lcl shipping is a cost effective solution for smaller shipments as you only need to pay for the volume space used.
What matters as well is the container s size.
Moreover by using.
Fcl container costs are mostly made up of lump sums per container in contrast to lcl container costs which are made up of weight and volume of the cargo.
This is why fcl containers are sometimes cheaper than lcl containers even though the container is not completely filled.
Full container loading is that goods need about 20 feet or even 40 feet of space when the importer or exporter has enough goods to fill the full container.
Unlike fcl which usually has a flat rate per container lcl is charged based on the volume set in cubic meters.
However if the dimension wise cost is considered the fcl booking is generally cheaper.
Fcl freight is considered to be the most optimized container shipping method.
The general rule of thumb is to go with lcl when shipping low volume shipments between 2 and 13m 3 and fcl for higher volume shipments 13m 3 and above even though you may not completely fill the container.