This is the job I’ve got to do on Monday: a container movement from Thamesport, Kent, to the Bristol railport, and then (with the same container by the look of things) to Tilbury. Since Bristol railport sends containers to Southampton and the east coast container ports by rail, why would I be taking it to Bristol, or do they do other things besides the container railhead operation?
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My guess is that box needs to be somewhere and the next available date to ship is from Tilbury. I’ve had it with ferry trailers, collect from Immingham, del to Bristol, empty back to Immingham. When dealing with import/export, there doesn’t always need to be a back load on it.
If the 30GP is the description of the box, I’m guessing it may be a special sort of box? We regularly do shunt moves of empty fridges and open tops from railports to docks.
There’s a weight on both directions, could it be for an inspection or something maybe? Has someone messed up on paperwork, not put paperwork in the box?
As for it not going on the train, could be down to the train taking too long, or there’s no room on the train?
lankyphil:
If the 30GP is the description of the box, I’m guessing it may be a special sort of box? We regularly do shunt moves of empty fridges and open tops from railports to docks.
I think the 30GP refers to it being a 30ft container (most are 20, 40 or 45ft). Will be the first time I’ve pulled one of those.
IndigoJo:
lankyphil:
If the 30GP is the description of the box, I’m guessing it may be a special sort of box? We regularly do shunt moves of empty fridges and open tops from railports to docks.I think the 30GP refers to it being a 30ft container (most are 20, 40 or 45ft). Will be the first time I’ve pulled one of those.
It’s just a standard container but only 30ft long. You don’t see so many of them here in the UK but they’re popular elsewhere in the world. GP = General Purpose, so just a 30ft DV (Dry Van).
It’s probably going back to Tilbury empty for shipping back to the Asia which isn’t uncommon at all as they’re only so much scrap metal, plastic and cardboard we can export to them.
You do realise by posting the box number, port, collection date and PIN number that anyone reading this thread can go and steal the container, right? 
BOXU is Bulkhaul so it’ll be one of these :
IndigoJo:
This is the job I’ve got to do on Monday: a container movement from Thamesport, Kent, to the Bristol railport, and then (with the same container by the look of things) to Tilbury. Since Bristol railport sends containers to Southampton and the east coast container ports by rail, why would I be taking it to Bristol, or do they do other things besides the container railhead operation?Sent from my LG-H870 using Tapatalk
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Just edited the image to cover over the pin number.
you’ll find the longer you are in haulage nothing seems strange. Take an empty trailer to B from A , Next man in the gate behind you brings the same trailer from B back to A empty . Tip in one place and run 20 miles up the road for a back load and find another one of your drivers there as well tipping and he is backloading out of the factory you have just left and both of you have identical trailers on .
Just go with it unless your getting paid extra to worry about it .
beefy4605:
you’ll find the longer you are in haulage nothing seems strange. Take an empty trailer to B from A , Next man in the gate behind you brings the same trailer from B back to A empty .
Ain’t that true. Years ago I used to work at a firm where we used to do what was called the air run. Empty trailer from A to B, drop it, pick up any other empty trailer and take to C, drop it, pick up any other empty trailer and back to A. I think it was to do with annual department budgets or some other rubbish.
I wondered if the box was loaded with polythene liners for the bulk freight operations, do they service the bulkers there beforehand
