Factors that Affect the Air Freight Rate As with all expenses, air freight rates change all the time. This is because of the fact that many factors affect the pricing of various services and resourc...

Ocean freight accounts for about 90 percent of global shipping, which makes it the main mode of transportation. It is also the preferred mode due to efficiency, cost-competitiveness, and heavy cargo c...

Despite claims by shipping lines that most of their containerships operate on fixed-day weekly schedules, a large survey recently revealed that over 40% of the vessels deployed on worldwide liner serv...

RoRo ships are designed to carry cars, agricultural tractors, mining and road machinery, trucks, semi-trailer trucks and trailers, buses, industrial vehicles, lorries…Unlike LO-LO (lift-on/l...

Big Data in logistics: from operational efficiencies to sustainable advantagesUsing Big Data in Supply Chain Management is a real game changer for logistics service providers. Not only does it pr...

Rail freight from China to Europe is a very efficient and cost-effective way to ship cargo. It is cheaper than air shipping, and it takes significantly less time than sea to get from China to Eur...

What is barge transport?A barge is a kind of cargo-carrying vessel designed to transport passengers or goods through rivers or canals. Normally, these shipping vessels are long, flat-bottomed boats th...

What is Dangerous Goods?Dangerous goods (also known as hazardous materials or hazmat) are articles or substances which are capable of posing a hazard to health, safety, property or the environment and...

Advantages and disadvantages of international shippingAdvantage 1: Lowest tariffThe overall cost of international sea transportation is the lowest, which is the lowest among all international transpor...

The declared value on items shipped, along with an accurate description of what is being shipped, serves as a basis for the customs department to impose any duties and taxes. Essentially this means th...

What is HS Code?A HS code is an international coding system for the classification of products that will be exported and used by customs officials to document the commodities entering and exiting...

Who needs marine cargo insurance? Why is marine cargo insurance necessary?Both buyer and seller, as well as other secondary parties in international trading, have to be interested in marine cargo...