Europaleta EUR 1 120x80 cm x 24 (No. 7225440)

Pallet shipping

Pallets are used to move items of different types – they work as a protection for transporting sets of small packages, items or some bulky machines awkward to move. Pallet transport is commonly chosen type of transport for shipping big objects.On pallets you often ship items above 70 kilograms ranging from iron gates, boxes, construction appliance etc. To get the best price for transporting pallet from skilled shipping companies that specialise in pallet transport list your delivery on Clicktrans. The key thing in calculating a value of pallet shipping is to check the precise number, weight and type of items that will be shipped. Loaded pallets are lifted by forklifts.

Europallets and other pallets 

Europallet, otherwise called EPAL or EURO is the one most frequently used in pallet transport. Its regular dimensions are 800x1200x150 milimeters. These figures can be different depending on the type and application of pallets, although europalet size is rather similar from one producer to another. In the industrial transport there are also so-called EUR2 pallets. They are 1m wide, 1200 mm long and 144mm tall.  The ones 1135 x 1133 milimeters are for shipping conteiners. Frequently, wooden pallets are replaced by plastic ones due to their longer usability. Plastic pallet can be useful from 10 up to 15 years.

Cost of pallets transport in the EU

Average cost of pallet shipping on international routes is 120 GPB and 10p per km.