Shipping from Europe and into Europe is in demand among various businessmen working in the sphere of trading at the moment. In order to organise shipping of goods into Europe or from Europe, transportation companies have to conduct several proceedings: loading of cargo meant to be transported, organisation of documentation, transportation, customs clearance and unloading. Each of the above stages has to be organised carefully – no matt...

Transportation of cargo via railway is safe, quick and cheap. At the same time it is necessary to point out that if one decided to organise railway transportation of cargo on the Estonian railway on their own, it will be difficult for one to understand all rules of this large organisation of transportation – usually it takes large amount of time, nerves and effort. After all, we do not suggest to contact the Estonian Railway on one’s own...

Cargo transportation is used everywhere and especially in countries with developed infrastructure. It is necessary to point out that our country has transportation companies that provide very professional transportation services, in addition they offer a set of additional services connected with transportation. For example, freight forwarding or expediting of cargo is an extremely important service provided by transportation companies –...

It is difficult to imagine quality and active evolvement of government infrastructure without the use of freight transportation, more precise – trucking transport. Nowadays all kinds of trucks are used that enable transportation of any kind and type of goods. Refrigerators – it is a widely used around the world freight transport – it enables to provide conditions for transportation and storage of perishable goods. Refrigerators need t...

Nowadays two factors are especially in demand during transportation – speed and price. Even though the cheapest category of transportation is certainly transportation by sea, without a doubt air transportation is the leader in transportation when speed is important. Aircraft does not suffer from problems with traffic jams, in addition customs are not present in airspace. The main factor of air transportation’s speed is of course the fac...

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 fr...

Special cargoes are cargoes which require special conditions when organising the transportation. Depending on features of each cargo, there are four types, or four groups of special cargoes. Dangerous goods – these are goods which can potentially harm people’s health or environment, in case rules of transportation and loading-unloading are not followed. Gases under pressure, explosive substances, radioactive materials and other haza...

Modern transportation companies work in conditions of heavy competition in the domestic market of transportation services, this is why they have to find new ways to attract clients. Frequently transportation of goods includes numerous additional services, so as not to burden the client with issues related to transportation of goods. Cargo insurance Owners of cargo have to use the insurance services in order to minimize risks related...

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 ...

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...