Europalet EUR 1 120x80 cm x 4 (No. 7064378)

Pallets shipping

Pallets are utilised to ship objects of different sorts – they work as a platform for transporting sets of small packages, objects or some heavy machines difficult to ship. Pallets shipping is frequently chosen kind of transport for carrying hefty items.On pallets you often transport items of weight above 70 kg for instance wicket gates, boxes, construction equipement and so forth. To get the best quotes for shipping pallet from skilled transport companies that specialise in pallet transport list your delivery on Clicktrans. The key aspect in pricing pallet transport is to know the exact number, weight and type of objects that will be shipped. Loaded pallets are lifted by forklifts.

Europallets and other kinds of pallets 

Europallet, otherwise called EPAL or EURO is the one most frequently used in pallet transport. Its standard dimensions are 800x1200x150 milimeters. These numbers can be different depending on the type and application of pallets, however europalet size is rather consistent from one manufacturer to another. In the industrial shipping there are also so-called EUR2 pallets. They are 1000 mm wide, 1.2m long and 144mm tall.  The ones 1135 x 1133 milimeters are 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 transport in Europe

Average cost of pallet transport on global routes is 120 pounds and 10p per km.