Freight and International Moving Video Library
Quick Overview
Watch short iContainers videos explaining international freight, container shipping, Incoterms, shipping documents and overseas moving.
Each video has a dedicated watch page, a transcript and links to relevant iContainers guides, calculators or shipping services.
Freight Shipping Fundamentals
Build a practical understanding of international transportation, freight services, cargo measurements and container selection.
What Does a Freight Forwarder Do?
See how freight forwarders coordinate carriers, ports, customs partners, inland transportation, documents, bookings and shipment updates.
Watch the freight forwarder video
FCL or LCL in 15 Seconds
Understand the basic difference between using an entire shipping container and sharing container space with other shipments.
FAK Rates Explained: What Freight All Kinds Really Covers
Learn how FAK ocean-freight rates work and which cargo, route, equipment, validity and additional-charge details must be checked.
Port-to-Port vs Door-to-Door Freight
Compare the transportation scope of port-to-port and door-to-door freight services and identify arrangements that may fall outside the quoted service.
Watch the port-to-port vs door-to-door video
What Does “In Transit” Mean?
Learn why freight can remain “in transit” between reported milestones and what to check in the latest tracking update.
Watch the in-transit freight video
How to Track a Shipping Container
Learn how to track a container using an accepted shipment reference and review reported events, locations, timestamps, ETAs and schedule changes.
Watch the container-tracking video
Why the Panama Canal Matters to Global Shipping
Learn how the Panama Canal shortens suitable maritime routes and how capacity constraints can affect vessel schedules, cargo limits and freight costs.
Why Port Congestion Happens
Learn how vessel arrivals, cargo volumes, terminal capacity and inland transportation constraints can create port bottlenecks and shipping delays.
Watch the port-congestion video
Drayage Explained: How Containers Move Beyond the Port
Learn how drayage connects ports and rail terminals with warehouses, container yards and distribution centers.
What Is a Bobtail Truck?
Learn what bobtailing means, how it differs from pulling an empty trailer and why operating without a trailer changes a tractor’s handling.
Air Freight vs Air Express
Compare air freight and air express based on shipment size, urgency, service coverage, customs arrangements and total cost.
Watch the air freight vs air express video
Why Lightweight Air Cargo Can Cost More
Learn how actual weight and volumetric weight are compared to determine an air shipment’s chargeable weight.
Watch the air freight chargeable weight video
How to Calculate CBM
Learn how cargo dimensions and package quantity are used to calculate total shipment volume in cubic metres.
Watch the CBM calculation video
20ft vs 40ft Shipping Containers
Compare the approximate capacity, payload considerations and common cargo uses of standard 20-foot and 40-foot containers.
Watch the 20ft vs 40ft container video
TEU Explained: How Container Capacity Is Measured
Learn how TEUs standardize container capacity and why a 40-foot container represents two twenty-foot equivalent units.
Six Common Shipping Container Types
Explore standard dry, high-cube, refrigerated, open-top, flat-rack and ISO tank containers.
Watch the shipping container types video
Standard Pallet Sizes Explained
Compare the common GMA, Euro and industrial pallet footprints and learn which loaded measurements are required for a freight quote.
Watch the standard pallet sizes video
Shipping-Document Videos
Learn about the documents used to describe cargo, arrange transportation, support customs procedures and authorize cargo release.
What Is a Bill of Lading?
Understand the information recorded on a bill of lading and its functions as a cargo receipt and evidence of the transport contract.
Watch the bill of lading video
Who Is Who on a Bill of Lading?
Learn how the shipper, consignee and notify party serve different functions on a bill of lading.
Watch the shipper, consignee and notify party video
What Is a Telex Release?
See how a carrier can authorize cargo release without requiring the consignee to present the original bill of lading.
Documents for Ocean and Air Freight
Review the principal documents used for international ocean and air transportation, including invoices, packing lists, transport documents and customs forms.
Watch the international freight documents video
Commercial Invoice Explained
Learn which transaction and product details belong on a commercial invoice and how customs authorities use the document during clearance.
Watch the commercial-invoice video
Air Waybill Explained
Learn which shipment details an Air Waybill contains and how Master, House and electronic Air Waybills serve different purposes.
What Does U.S. Customs and Border Protection Do?
Learn how CBP reviews imported freight, enforces customs requirements, administers applicable charges and makes customs-release decisions.
Watch the U.S. Customs and Border Protection video
HS Codes Explained: How Customs Classifies Products
Learn how the six-digit Harmonized System classifies traded products and why complete import codes can differ by destination country.
How to Prepare an Export Packing List
Learn which shipment, package, weight, dimension and volume details are normally included in an export packing list.
Watch the export packing-list video
Incoterms Videos
Understand how selected Incoterms divide transportation costs, customs responsibilities and risk between sellers and buyers.
What Are Incoterms® 2020?
Learn how the 11 Incoterms® 2020 rules divide delivery, transportation, costs, customs responsibilities and risk between sellers and buyers.
CFR Incoterms Explained
Learn how CFR divides ocean-freight costs, cargo risk, insurance and import responsibilities between seller and buyer.
CIF Incoterms Explained
Learn how CIF divides ocean freight, cargo insurance, import procedures and cargo risk between the seller and buyer.
CIF vs FOB
Compare who arranges ocean freight and cargo insurance under CIF and FOB and when risk transfers to the buyer.
CPT Incoterms Explained
Learn why the seller pays for carriage to the named destination while cargo risk passes to the buyer when the goods reach the first carrier.
CIP Incoterms Explained
Learn how CIP divides transportation costs, cargo insurance, customs responsibilities and risk between seller and buyer.
DAP Incoterm Explained
Learn how DAP divides transportation, export clearance, import procedures, duties, unloading and cargo risk between the seller and buyer.
DDP Incoterms Explained
Learn how DDP divides transportation, export and import clearance, duties, taxes, unloading and cargo risk between the seller and buyer.
DAT Incoterm Explained
Learn what Delivered at Terminal meant under Incoterms® 2010 and why it was renamed DPU—Delivered at Place Unloaded—under Incoterms® 2020.
DDP vs DAP
Compare responsibility for import customs clearance, duties and taxes under Delivered Duty Paid and Delivered at Place.
DPU Incoterm Explained
Learn how DPU divides transportation, unloading, import procedures and cargo risk—and why it replaced DAT under Incoterms® 2020.
EXW Incoterm Explained
See why the buyer generally assumes responsibility for most of the transportation journey under Ex Works.
FAS Incoterms Explained
Learn how FAS divides export clearance, alongside delivery, vessel loading, ocean transportation and cargo risk between seller and buyer.
FCA Incoterm Explained
Learn how FCA divides export clearance, loading, main carriage and risk between the seller and buyer under two possible delivery scenarios.
FOB Incoterm Explained
Learn how Free on Board assigns export clearance, vessel loading, main freight and risk between the seller and buyer.
International Moving Videos
Follow the overseas-moving journey and prepare for documentation, packing restrictions, customs procedures and delivery.
How Does an International Move Work?
Follow an international relocation from requesting an online quote through booking, collection, transportation, customs and delivery.
Watch the International Moving Journey
Documents for an International Move
Review the identification, packing, customs and possible vehicle documents needed when moving household belongings internationally.
Watch the International Moving Documents video
What Can’t You Pack for an International Move?
Learn about belongings that may be prohibited or restricted, including flammables, aerosols, weapons, food, plants and certain battery-powered items.
Watch the Prohibited Items for an International Move video
Pack Furniture for Overseas Shipping
Follow seven essential steps for measuring, dismantling, protecting, documenting and securing furniture for an international journey.
Watch the furniture-packing video
Moving Abroad from the United States
See how to plan an international move from a U.S. address, including quotation, pickup, transportation, customs procedures and delivery.
Watch the Moving From the United States video
Continue Planning Your Shipment
Use the iContainers freight calculators to estimate cargo measurements, transit times and international freight costs.
You can also explore international freight resources, compare Incoterms or request an international freight quote.
