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25 November 2019

The alphabet of freight

There are many companies on the market offering logistics services. There are also many frequent carriers who are ready to deliver any cargo for little money. Logistics specialist Lyudmila Krasyuk will try to figure out how to make the right choice so that transportation does not turn out to be more expensive than the product itself and at the same time it is delivered efficiently and on time.

If the transportation is permanent, then you have two options: either do it yourself, or seek help from professionals. However, in order to find them and choose the one who will not let you down, you will also have to master the basics of cargo transportation. The first thing we start with is to evaluate the weight and volume of the cargo, as well as its type and type of load required.

Valuable thing

If your goods will be sent to customer addresses regularly and in relatively small packaging, you definitely need to choose only logistics companies - courier delivery services: Novu Postu, Intime, Justin, etc. Moreover, you should not save on cargo insurance. After all, if something happens to your product, the company compensates you the amount for which it was insured. Yes, you will pay more, but you will sleep peacefully and feel confident. With large volumes of shipments, we can talk about discounts - all serious companies provide a loyalty program for regular and large customers. That is, the more and more you send, the cheaper it will cost. This applies to clothes, toys and the like.

If you are a private person, you are sending the goods to a stranger and are not quite sure whether he will come for the parcel, you should try to get an advance payment from the addressee in the amount of at least the cost of transportation. Then even if he changes his mind and does not buy the goods, you will not incur financial losses.

Big custom

A completely different situation with bulky goods or non-format. If your goal is to transport non-standard cargo of large volume, then, as practice shows, it is best to hire a passing car. If you need such a shipment, you will have to "sit" on special sites - Della, Lardi, the OLX transport section - and select a car according to certain characteristics.

The sites Della and Lardi indicate the carrying capacity and volume of cars, ready to work. This can also be checked with the dispatcher, whose phone number is usually listed on the same site. Dispatchers will be able to advise you whether it is possible to transport your goods with their car.

Is temperature important?

If the load does not need to maintain a certain temperature, stop on the tent. If you need, choose from two types of cars: isothermal cars (termichki) or refrigerators (refs). Termichki - cars that simply maintain the temperature regime and do not produce heat exchange with the environment, and in the ref can set the appropriate temperature.

When you need to organize the transportation of goods in pallet format, then depending on the volume you can find a passing load or hire a car completely.

In the case of food delivery, it is necessary that the car is clean, there are no odors in the body, and the driver should ideally have a health record book confirming the possibility of their transportation.
I want to separately note the sending of dangerous goods, odoriferous substances, toxic and explosive substances. Even if the transportation will be carried out in small packages, specify whether courier delivery services will accept goods with these characteristics.

Fragile load

If you are transporting fragile cargo, then, of course, all measures must be taken to ensure that it arrives safe and sound. Many companies accept parcels in the form in which you packed them, but the customer will ask you for broken or broken goods. If you know that the products are fragile, order additional packaging and make sure that the boxes are specially labeled. This, of course, will make transportation more expensive, but worth it. Hoping for “maybe” should not be, because cars on the way can be overloaded, and legends are circulating about the quality of our roads.

When delivering bulky and fragile cargo, for example, automobile glasses or glasses for architectural structures, it is necessary, depending on the volume of cargo, to hire a separate car and monitor how the goods are packaged and installed. Or, if it is sent by courier delivery service, you need to ask the logistics companies if they can provide additional containers: boxes, pyramids or some other special equipment for transportation.

Liquid-dangerous

Liquids are transported either in tanks or in the so-called cubes - square containers with an edge length of 1 meter. In the first case, you need to find a special car - the task is difficult, but doable. In the second, cubes can be put in an ordinary car of the required carrying capacity.
Also, specific cars are used to transport grain and seeds. These are the so-called grain carriers. Container ships are used to deliver containers from the port and the railway.

Download Type

Cars differ in type of loading: top, side, back. This is also very important and worth considering. For example, huge sheets of glass, rolled metal, plywood - raw materials for production - can only be loaded with a crane by way of the top loading. Loading heavy machines or metal structures can be done through the side of the car. And pallets load perfectly through the back door.

In terms of carrying capacity, cars can be divided into light-duty vehicles - up to 1.5 tons, medium -3-5 tons, large -10-20 tons. With the help of the former, they mainly deliver products, parcels, and small-sized goods. Cars with medium and large payloads are used for transportation between cities over long distances. But you need to know that the cost of hiring a five-ton car, ten-ton and twenty-ton differs insignificantly. When delivering cargo, this should be taken into account. And it’s good to think about whether it is necessary to take it urgently or you can wait a few days and save a significant amount.

About shipping routes

Delivery in Ukraine between regional centers, of course, will cost much cheaper than transportation to a small village. Car owners consider their money, and if they understand that they will not find the reverse load, then they increase the cost, sometimes even twice. From major cities: Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov, finding a car for loading is more difficult and transportation itself will cost more - demand creates supply. But if you need to deliver from small towns or villages, you can agree on a lower cost of transportation.

Do you need a pro?

If your goal is periodic delivery on certain routes, then you need to find a company that is ready for long-term cooperation. Depending on the volume of traffic, it is better to have two or three transport companies in stock. If force majeure circumstances or any problems arise, you will have the opportunity to choose and not be left with nothing.

There are companies providing a full cycle of logistics services. Someone is engaged only in transportation, someone takes the goods for storage, someone fully provides the entire cycle. There are also many companies on the market that store goods in their own warehouses, assemble and deliver. If you own your own production, pay attention to enterprises that provide this kind of service. This is much cheaper than hiring a full staff, maintaining storage facilities and achieving cost-effective delivery.

In any case, everything needs to be considered and only after that a decision should be made. Savings should be reasonable. High-quality transportation will provide companies that value their own reputation. Look for professionals, but insure cargo - and be sure that everything will be delivered efficiently and on time.