Average time to unpack 40ft shipping containers in Adelaide.

What's the average time to unpack a 40ft shipping containers in Adelaide?

Many factors come into play when it comes to unpacking shipping containers, from the size, weight and number of items within the containers.

let's imagine you have 1500 - 2000 items; the items are boxes of noodles for example, the box sizes are 30cm by 30cm and they only weight 5kgs each, you dedicate two staff members to the job, in our experience you would be looking at 3- 4.5 hour unpack.

tips

1. allow more time if pallets need to be wrapped and moved to staging location

2. choose experienced staff members to assist with the unpack

3. allow more time if you have different items codes

4. for a fast unpack, dedicate a forklift driver to take away and wrap pallets and to also replenish pallets so your two main unpackers are not held up by that process.

5. don't be unrealistic in the time it takes to unpack containers, the above is just a guide, there are many circumstances that could lead to much longer unpack times.