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Term of the Road Dictionary

less than container load

  • Language : PIARC Road Dictionary / English
  • Theme : Operations Transport Multimodal Transport
  • Definition : Container stuffed and stripped for account and risk of the carrier. Note: for operational purposes a less than container load (LCL) container is considered a container in which multiple consignments or parts thereof are shipped [EN 14943].
  • Abbreviation : LCL

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