Case study
How we unload a floor-loaded container
A floor-loaded container arrives with its cartons stacked loose, with no pallets under them. Our crew unloads it by hand, sorts the cartons onto pallets and stretch-wraps each pallet before it leaves the dock. The photos on this page are from one of our container jobs in October 2026.
How we handle a floor-loaded container
- The freight: loose, floor-loaded cartons, with no pallets under them
- Unloading: by hand
- Pallets: built to the configuration you agree with us, with cartons sorted by SKU so each pallet holds what it should
- Wrapping: each finished pallet
A container job in October 2026, in photos
At the dock door, cartons come out of the container and onto a pallet.
A finished pallet: one product, stretch-wrapped.
Off the dock with a manual pallet jack.
One product to a pallet, ready for the warehouse's own team.
The dock door, with a pallet on the dock plate and the container behind it.
How the work runs
By hand.
With no pallets in the container, every carton comes out by hand.
Sorted by SKU.
Cartons go onto pallets by SKU, so each pallet holds what it should. On this job, that meant one product to a pallet.
Standing upright.
The tall, flat cartons on this job stood upright, in the container and on the pallets.
Wrapped, then off the dock.
On this job, each finished pallet was stretch-wrapped, then moved off the dock with a manual pallet jack.
What this means for your containers
Before we quote or book, send us the container size, the piece count, the SKU or sort count and the arrival time you need. We plan the crew from those counts before the container arrives.
Our page on container unloading in Calgary sets out what the job includes, our recurring programs and our starting rates. To send the details, choose the container option on our quote form, or read more case studies.
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Talk to us about your containers
Send us the details of your next container, whether it's a one-off or part of a recurring program, or call. A member of our team follows up by phone, text or email, whichever you prefer.
- Fully insured and bonded
- One-off containers or recurring programs