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The image show the pallet arrangement in the standard 20ft container. I wonder why the pallet is not design to be perfectly fit to the wide of container when aligning.
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With a perfect fit there would be no wiggle room. You would have to be moving perfectly straight in order not to damage the adjacent pallet if there was no space between them. Most often you’re loading and unloading with heavy machinery with a small turning radius.
Also not every pallet of product is the same height. If you have different heights you usually put straps around the taller pallet so it doesn’t tip in transit. You need some extra space for a person to get in there to add and remove the straps.
And many containers for overseas shipments are floor loaded (no pallets – boxes are stacked right on the floor) to maximize the use of space and reduce the weight of shipment. Usually loaded with a metal plate that slips out and painstakingly unloaded by hand with an expanding rolling conveyor.
Finally, EU and American standards hardly matter because almost everything comes from China.
Edit – One more thing. Driving on the road with these containers is not easy. The destination ports are often in cities and then they’re driven to their final destination. Making them wider makes the roads more dangerous for everyone.
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