Design of SLIDE DOOR containers is very similar to the railway rolling stock - covered wagons. Additional side walls of 20 ft SD container have many advantages. When the cargo in the container is standard, time for loading and unloading of goods is significantly reduced. 20 foot SLIDE DOOR container is a suitable container for transportation of cargoes of all kinds. This container can be compared with the box that opens in all directions. If the client sending a container has a few types of code, the goods of the first necessity are always a quick access when using SD container. Any box from any pallet is in the inspection area. It becomes easier to fasten heavy load, because it’s easier to install twist joints or bracing wire in 20 ft SD container than in standard container. Containers with an open side walls are chosen by many cargo owners. This type allows collecting both direct and combined orders. However, if the order is changed or there are doubts in the re-grading of goods, it is much easier to inspect the cargo, when the whole side wall is opened and gives an overview of the entire product.
SLIDE DOOR containers are more often taken in combined transportation. For railway and truck carriers, as in sea shipments, the cost charged to the cargo owner does not differ from 20 foot dry container. The capacity of these containers is no different from containers with blank wall. Methods of loading and transportation of 20 ft CD containers are absolutely identical to DC types, so it means that CD containers have benefits, but not the disadvantages from the financial side. Besides, for combined transportation rules of customs clearance differ slightly from direct traffic. The difference is that at customs control the goods that the customs inspector is interested in are to be provided to the inspection zone. Costs for partly unloading of the goods are rather lower than for the whole container. Before the loading into container, there should be a map of layout of the goods in the container to have exact viewing where it is. Such cards are not a novelty for storage and transportation in 20 ft SLIDE DOOR containers. With frequent using this type of containers, requirements to the sender about such cards is a standard condition of transportation.
To buy a cheap SLIDE DOOR container is possible if the container has a status as used. New containers cost more. Selecting a 20 ft SLIDE DOOR container you should pay attention to the connecting elements of the doors and their tightness at closing. To damage the mechanism of slide doors is easy; its repairing will take some time, so it is easier to identify possible defects of the container in advance.
