Specialists working in cargo transportation and expeditors understand well that organisation of international transportation is connected with certain difficulties and it is important to come up with qualitative solutions related to a number of tasks. One part of difficulty is necessity to collect various documents, organise customs formalisations, insurance, etc. It is important for expeditor who accompanies the goods, to possess a ...

Cargo transportation is important for supporting the correct work of country’s infrastructure. We all use transportation of goods and it is especially true for those who are in business. Nowadays cargo can be transported virtually to any location around the world – with the help of the most suitable type of transportation means and sometimes with the use of several modes of transportation. Nowadays transportation of goods is conducted b...

Transportation of perishable goods is one of the most sought after by businesses type of services. It is extremely important to move the goods in a correct manner – certain temperature mode has to be maintained and level of humidity in the metalwork of a vehicle. The following items fall under perishable goods: Fresh plants;refined products (sausages, frozen berries, etc.);products of vegetable or animal origin (fish, meat, milk, ve...

Transportation companies deal with various types of transportation, which enables the clients to receive their goods in a timely manner all around the world. Here we will speak about multimodal transportation, which is widely used in all regions of the world. Multimodal type of transportation is when delivery of goods to the point of destination is conducted with use of various transportation means. Multimodal transportation involves...

Automobile transportation is considered to be the most sought after mode of transportation. This type of transportation perfectly suits smaller and medium cargoes. Automobile transportation of goods can be carried out within the country as well as beyond. Such popularity of automobile transportation is explained by several factors, the first one is its cost and mobility. It can be stated certainly that at the moment this is the most ...

If you ever had to order international transport for your goods, you came across the waybill for transportation called “CMR”. What is it and what are its uses? CMR, or in other words, “international commodity and transport waybill”, is a document that is used in international road transportation within the framework of Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road. This document plays an important role in...

We are often approached with the following question: “What is ‘TIR Carnet’?”. In order to answer this question we need to find out what “TIR” stands for. TIR is a translation from French and means “International Transportation”, or ITC (Transports Internationaux Routiers). Companies that specialize in international transportation and are members of TIR Convention, receive a so-called “TIR Carnet”. “TIR Carnet” is a customs document w...

Delivery time of goods from point A to point B is not a problem in our modern age. Nevertheless, another problem persists, which is safety of goods in transit. It is impossible to foresee and prevent all dangers and risks related to transportation of goods. Possible damage from the insurance case during transportation of goods can be so serious, that it will deal a blow to the activity of the enterprise. That is why insurance of carrier...

ADR is a European agreement on international transportation of dangerous goods by road transport; it acts on territories of all states of the European Union, as well as Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries. The document was created as an initiative of the UN. Goods that can threaten health and lives of people and/or environment in the process of transportation are considered dangerous. Individual routes have to be planned for transpor...

You are lucky if you never had to deal with claims! Claim, or Reclamation is a document that is compiled by a client, if claimed services paid by him did not meet those in reality. For example, goods have been delivered with a long delay during transportation, or they were damaged or gone. On the basis of the submitted reclamation, circumstances of the situation are investigated more thoroughly, and if truth is on your side, you can rec...