Category: Freight Forwarding
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What is Ocean Freight: a Complete Guide
Ocean freight or sea freight refers to the movement of goods globally through oceans and sea. Statistics depict that 90% of world cargo is transported through ocean freight services. As ocean shipment(s) consists of multiple heavy cartons this is why it is one of the best and only alternatives for transporting large loads of goods…
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Factors to Consider Before Logistics Booking
International trade is booming at a great pace. It is one of the most rewarding and fastest-growing businesses. The E-commerce revolution coupled with unrestricted international markets has made it more lucrative. Naturally, many players are entering the domain to encash the market potential giving rise to fierce competition. It becomes difficult for the new entrants…
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Which are the Top Freight Forwarding Companies in India?
Freight forwarder companies are an intermediary step between the client and the various modes of transportation being used to transport goods. Freight forwarders do not move the goods themselves, but they help to coordinate the logistics of the process by dealing with international import and export. Freight forwarder company helps to overcome most of the…
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Logistics Operations & Their Importance For Streamlined Business Operations
Logistics is an important part of supply chain management. It is essentially the process that begins well before the product is ready. Logistics operation starts right from the procurement of the raw material and continues till the finished products reach the end-user. It undergoes a series of processes in between. It includes raw material processing…
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Cargo Management Software: A Must For Future Freight Forwarders
Freight forwarding is a multi-touch point task to transport goods from one point to another. It comprises two components; cargo and logistics management. Promising and executing safe, secure, timely transportation across international borders demands an efficient individual or team for cost-effective cargo management. The process of forwarding freight requires meticulous preparation of documents for the…
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Difference Between Freight and Shipping
Freight and shipping are the two most widely used terms by freight forwarders and traders in logistics. While both these terms are often used interchangeably they have broader meanings and are used to represent different things in freight forwarding. Those who have a business that requires domestic or international logistics shipping services must have a…
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Logistics Challenges: The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Logistics Sector
Logistics is an exhaustive process that ensures the safe and secure delivery of the product to the customer. It is considered one of the most complicated and valuable vocations for companies as it helps generate revenue by meeting the demand of customers. We know manufacturing is the initial step in the supply chain system and…
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FTL vs LTL: Key Differences and How To Understand Which Model To Select
You’ve probably heard of the acronyms LTL and FTL when discussing shipping options. But what do they represent? What’s more, how do they differ from one another? Shipping is now an essential part of almost all businesses. There is a decent probability that you will need to send things in some capacity, whether you are…
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How Many Port Companies Are There in India?
India’s extended coastline offers enough portions of land extending into a water body and favors the building of distinct types of seaports and handling cargo traffic. It is one of the biggest peninsulas across the globe and around 95 percent of its trading is serviced by 13 major ports (12 Government-owned and one private) and…
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Air Freight Vs Ocean Freight: Which One is Better?
All logistics companies or digital freight forwarders face the predicament of choosing the appropriate freight service for the transportation of their cargo. They find it difficult to choose among the different freight services such as air freight, ocean freight, rail freight or road freight. That is because every freight service has its own pros and…
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