Europalet EUR 1 120x80 cm (No. 7183719)

Pallet shipping

Pallets are used to ship deliveries of different sorts – they serve as a protection for shipping sets of small packages, objects or some heavy machines awkward to move. Pallets transport is one of the most frequently chosen kind of transport for carrying heavy items.On pallets you often ship deliveries above 70 kilograms for example wicket gates, boxes, construction materials etc. To get the best price for transporting pallet from professional shipping companies that specialise in pallet transport post your listing on Clicktrans. The key aspect in calculating a value of pallets transport is to doublecheck the exact number, weight and type of items that will be shipped. Loaded pallets are lifted by forklifts.

Europallets and other types of pallets 

Europallet, otherwise called EPAL or EURO is the one most frequently used in pallet transport. Its standard dimensions are 800x1200x150 mm. These numbers can be different depending on the type and use of a pallet, although europalet size is rather consistent from one producer to another. In the industrial shipping there are also so-called EUR2 pallets. They are 1m wide, 1.2m long and 144mm tall.  The ones 1135 x 1133 milimeters are used for transporting connex boxes. Often, wooden pallets are replaced by plastic ones due to their longer usability. Plastic pallets can be useful from 10 up to 15 years.

Cost of pallet shipping in the EU

Average cost of pallets transport on international routes is 120 GPB and 10p per km.