FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION. GROUPAGE

Groupage consist of several smaller cargoes of different customers. This type of cargo transportation has been introduced in our country not as long ago as in many other countries in the world, however transportation of groupage is quickly becoming popular.

It is not a secret that groupage is more complicated than transporting goods of one single customer, however such type of delivery has a set of advantages for both customer and freight forwarder.

Transportation of groupage as a service allows customer to send cargoes in smaller quantities – this also has relatively cheap costs. One does not have to pay for rent of the whole vehicle, since the price of transportation in this case it is based on the mass of each of the customer’s cargo. This type of delivery of goods enables transportation of all kinds of cargoes, raw materials and much more. Groupage cannot include dangerous substances which have to be transported separately.

Obviously the transportation company saves a lot of money when it deals with transportation of groupage, i.e. cargo of lots of different clients. Apart from this, transportation company has ability to obtain large number of new clients who will spend less on transportation of goods. If one does not use the transportation of groupage option, one might actually pay more for delivery than the cost of one’s goods.

Mostly large transportation companies deal with groupage, since it is necessary not only to conduct the transportation but also handle the cargo, store it, provide the ability to track the goods on their way and much more. More than that, correct transportation of groupage is completed only because of good logistics. Transportation logisticians, dealing with all the calculations related to transportation of goods, are able to choose the best option for transportation and react on the circumstances in a timely manner. Good logistics is the key to low-cost, reliable and rapid transportation of goods.

Once you contact a reliable and respected company with a history of operations, you may quickly, cheaply and with a great value deliver your goods to other countries, you will be able to bring in raw materials and so on. Groupage – this is what enables customers and transportation companies themselves correctly use their own resources.

To intelligently allocate their resources.