The man who first faced with the problem of transportation of any cargo from point A to point B, may at first seem to be enough to choose the most convenient form of transportation and pay for transportation. But the logistics – a task that can not tolerate a superficial approach. So what should you know about the traffic for the first time meeting this challenge to you it was easy to deal with it? Whether to use the services of a company that engaged in traffic? If the timing of delivery, consignment integrity and transport rates depend on many things, it is better to apply to the logistics firm. Employees of these organizations know all about what needed to document transport of goods across the border, well versed in matters of customs clearance of goods, know exactly what mode of transport suitable for the carriage of a cargo in such a place, and how much it would cost to the client. As far back as Services include logistics companies and necessary protection of the goods (according to customer request), informing the customer about the place where the goods are located, at what stage of transport, shipment or storage. If you are going use the services of the transport company, be sure to have the entire consignment, which will load, were collected all necessary documents to set a date on which the goods must be delivered to the site. What, then, are the carriage? – International and long distance transportation.
International are more complex and are related to customs formalities and inspection of goods at customs. The choice of transport, which cargo will be transported through customs, there is very important and affects the terms of carriage. – Multimodal and intermodal transportation. Intermodal shipping involves the type of one or more modes of transport. But overload the cargo is not carried out.
Multimodal transport involves not only the change of transport, and congestion. For example, the load being taken by rail, and then reloaded into the car for further transportation. The most common forms of transport to transport: M / d transportation are convenient for transporting large amounts of cargo, heavy and large vehicles at distances over 400 km. An important plus W / D Transport – Weatherproof reliability. With the help of M / D transport is not recommended to carry an expensive final product. Trucking – the most convenient form of transportation. The advantages are its portability, versatility and the possibility of delivery 'to the customer's door. " Sea freight – this type of traffic, featuring relatively low tariffs. Vosnovnom, enjoy the sea in international cargo transportation. A few more services of transport companies: – delivery of cargoes – a way to transport goods, which can significantly reduce the cost of shipping the entire party. It consists in the fact that the shipping company takes orders for transportation loads from multiple clients, keeps them at a warehouse, consolidating them according to place of delivery and carries a single party. – Cargo insurance compensates you material losses in case of theft or damage to cargo. Transport companies often are cooperating with insurance companies, which will save you from having to find a reliable insurer. – Forwarding and guarding of the goods will come in handy if you carry valuable cargo or path to follow your shipment will pass through areas where there is a risk of theft of cargo.