Shipping pallet arrangement and methods for increasing trailer loads to reduce road milage and cut costs

A method for shipping goods in a transport container comprising:

• positioning a first pallet in the transport container, the first pallet having a first underdeck opening to a first storage volume under a top deck having goods thereon;
• storing goods within a first underdeck container;
• after the step of storing and the step of positioning, receiving the first underdeck container within the first storage volume;
• and
• after the step of receiving, shipping the transport container.

A shipping container adapted to fit in a storage volume define by an underdeck opening of a shipping pallet, the container comprising:

• a first wall having a distal end defining a first recess;
• a first connecting structure positioned within the first recess;
• a second wall opposite the first wall and having a distal end defining a second recess;
• and
• a second connecting structure positioned within the second recess, wherein the first and second connecting structures are adapted to received a coupling such that multiple shipping containers can be connected together by locating the distal end of a first wall of a first shipping container proximate the distal end of a second wall of a second shipping container and securing a coupling about the first connecting structure of the first shipping container and the second connecting structure of the second shipping container.