Containerized Shipments:
container yard & container freight station
The respective meaning of the terms CY and CFS is as follows:
| CY | ---- | container yard |
| CFS | ---- | container freight station |
The CY and CFS apply to the manner and the location of the cargo delivery and receipt in a container service. The CY is the delivery (or receipt) of a whole container from (or at) the shipper's or the forwarder's (or the consignee's) cargo yard or premises. The CFS is the delivery (or receipt) of loose cargo from (or at) the carrier's container freight station.
The container freight station (CFS) is operated by the carrier for the receipt, forwarding, and assembling or disassembling of cargo. Normally, the container freight station is a customs clearance center.
The CFS service may be necessary under any of the following circumstances:
- The kind of cargo and quantity of order does not warrant the use of the whole container.
- The shipper's or the consignee's premises are inaccessible by container due to poor road conditions (e.g. narrow road) and location (e.g. remote area not served by container).
- The overall load of vehicle exceeds the legal limitation.
- The shipper or the consignee lacks the necessary container loading or unloading equipment.
Modes of CY and CFS Container Services
CY/CY Container Service
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The CY/CY (read as 'CY to CY') container service --- door-to-door container service or house-to-house container service --- broadly means that the whole container received by the carrier is packed at the shipper's or the forwarder's premises, and the delivery of that same whole container to the consignee's premises.
In a related term door-to-door service, which is often used in the cargo forwarding and may involve the LCL, refers to a type of freight service available from a forwarder whereby the cargo is picked up at the consignor's premises and delivered to the consignee's premises.
CY/CFS Container Service
The CY/CFS (read as 'CY to CFS') container service --- door-to-port container service --- broadly means that the whole container received by the carrier is packed at the shipper's or the forwarder's premises, and that same whole container is emptied at the carrier's container freight station at the port of destination. The consignee arranges the delivery of the loose cargo from the container freight station to his/her premises.
CFS/CY Container Service
The CFS/CY (read as 'CFS to CY') container service --- port-to-door container service --- broadly means that the delivery of the loose cargo to the carrier's container freight station at the port of origin is packed into the whole container, and the delivery of that same whole container to the consignee's premises.
CFS/CFS Container Service
The CFS/CFS (read as 'CFS to CFS') container service --- port-to- port container service or pier-to-pier container service --- broadly means that the delivery of the loose cargo to the carrier's container freight station at the port of origin is packed into the whole container, and that same whole container is emptied at the carrier's container freight station at the port of destination. The consignee arranges the delivery of the loose cargo from the container freight station to his/her premises.
