Friday, February 8, 2019

Slip Sheets Vs Pallets: Cost saving benefits




Slip sheets are now replacing pallets for better space utilisation within the container and also to reduce transportation cost. 



The most popular form of unitisation is palletisation. By palletising the cargo gets protected from loss or damage during handling and transportation. Also, there is considerable reduction in time and labour required for stuffing/de-stuffing containers.  


The drawback is that, pallets reduce the space utilization in the marine containers. The pallets alone could utilize 10% of the space and also the clearing height required to be considered. This could further reduce the space utilization and as a consequence, the transportation cost could go up to an extent of 15-30%.

A viable solution to this issue is the usage of SLIP SHEET. It is a thin pallet-sized sheet made of plastic, heavy laminated kraft paper board, or corrugated fiber board. The thickness of the slip sheet is approximately 2 centimetres only.  They increase the loading space inside the containe and the handling is easy and fastHowever, for handling slip sheets, the fork lift requires a special attachment.