When a forwarder accepts a consignment, the first step is counting the packages: a package is a single, self-contained shipping unit – a carton, sack, crate, pallet or any load carrier that constitutes one discrete, countable item.
Source: https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/kolli-50856
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