Rules for searching cargo and customers, recommendations for selecting freight owner companies
Search for customers and freight owners
The site com-stil.com was specially created so that carriers and shippers can find each other quickly. There are two search options:
- Direct cargo search. On the main page of the site you should select the countries of origin and destination, specify the type of vehicle. Depending on your tasks, select «cargo search» All available requests will open. Contact details of the customers who posted the requests are open. You can contact them in a convenient way and agree on shipping.
- Post requests, show everyone your vehicles and shipping routes. On the main page of the site select «add vehicle». Fill in a simple form with information about your vehicle, you can add several vehicles, move your old vehicle requests to the top of the list. Immediately after posting, the request will become available to all freight owners on the site. Some logistics specialists prefer to simply view requests without posting information on the site. Soon they will contact you.
To view the customer's contact details and cargo request, you need to complete simple registration on the site or log into your account. The section «View cargo» is universal for all types of shipping in all directions.
Freight owners who need to ship goods also post requests on the site. This happens when the customer needs transport for shipping, either urgently, or it is a preliminary price inquiry. The logistics department of the freight owner is always searching for a reliable transport company. The customer searches for a carrier in the section «Vehicles»
How a carrier can attract a freight owner and show its advantages
The main parameters that attract a freight owner are the cost of cargo shipping
- A freight owner seeks a cheaper contractor to save on costs.
- Customers want to shift cargo insurance liability to the shipping contractor.
- Can the transport company organize sea shipping or air delivery.
- Does the carrier provide railway shipping of cargo by rail cars.
- The quality of vehicles, the availability of a diverse fleet, will also attract a serious freight owner.
- Companies operating outdated worn-out vehicles engage in price dumping, which can frighten customers about guarantees of cargo safety and compensation for damage.
- Does the carrier have the ability to ship groupage cargo and clear it through customs independently.
- Does the carrier have vehicles for oversized cargo or dangerous goods.
- Competent speech of the freight forwarder-logistics specialist of the transport company is the most important factor. At the negotiation stage, the customer will either agree to work with the transport company, or continue searching for another one.
- These factors immediately show the status of the carrier and affect the cost of shipping.
How a transport company can find a freight owner in its direction
Every shipper wants to save on cargo delivery, and that is normal. But some customers are notable for their unwillingness to pay for transport services!
A carrier must check the following before signing a request with a customer:
- Availability of the customer's registration certificate.
- Check information about the customer on the internet.
- Do not work on trust. An honest customer will not refuse the contract.
- Request references from the customer from other contractors.
- Conclude a shipping contract that specifies the responsibilities of both parties.
- Preferably agree on payment for shipping on prepayment terms, or upon actual delivery of cargo, receive payment, and then unload the cargo.
These recommendations will help transport companies find new freight owners, develop successfully, expand their fleet and earn money.
Cargo or goods, requests or loadings, information for carriers and their vehicles
Information about cargo is sought by all transport companies, international freight forwarders, every long-haul driver and individual carrier, in search of new cargo requests. Cargo, also called loadings, is goods that freight owners have already bought or sold, and they place it on freight exchanges in order to find a freight forwarder or transport company for the purpose of delivering this cargo to the buyer or end consumer.
Cargo categories on the site search
What categories of cargo are transported: all that can be loaded into a curtainsider truck, all that needs to be transported in reefers. Oversized cargo, on lowbeds, dangerous goods, in specially equipped trucks, with permission to transport these types of cargo. Groupage cargo is transported in the same trucks, but the carrier must be a specialist in groupage delivery, as there are nuances known only to the carrier. Those transport companies that have container trucks search for cargo in containers, since they cannot transport anything else. Airlines search for cargo to load on aircraft, shipping lines search for cargo for ocean vessels, everyone has one task: maximum cargo, minimum downtime.
On the freight exchange com-stil.com there are all types of cargo, for each type of vehicle. Requests are posted to the site daily, since adding cargo is free, freight owners add all their cargo in any quantity and wait for a response from all transport companies, with the aim of fast cargo delivery at a good price.
Freight owners and their cargo, their contacts, are saved on the site, no one deletes them, and only freight owners can edit, update, or delete them. Carriers can always see the history of cargo requests that have already been shipped, or are still relevant, or those that are still waiting for their carrier. Cargo search is fast, you can specify where from and where to, you may or may not specify cargo type or vehicle type, then standard search, and the result: cargo requests with open contacts of direct freight owners right in front of all transport companies and long-haul drivers.
What opportunities do freight vehicle owners have
Search on the site for all freight owners and their cargo requests, history of cargo placement, contacts of all freight owners, fast and accessible search for the right cargo for your vehicle type. Cargo statistics by type, by cargo name, cargo by weight and volume for each truck. Statistics on cargo for all categories of shipping. And most importantly, when adding your vehicle, each carrier in their personal cabinet gets an icon-hint, where you can immediately find the right cargo in the direction you need for shipping. That is, fast cargo search by routes.
What can be recommended to transport companies
Post your vehicles, your added vehicle requests will attract cargo owners, add them more often, increase the number of requests for each of your vehicles, in each direction in which you have the ability to transport cargo.
Freight owners are also searching, and seeing your vehicle requests, they will call you, possibly even before you call them. More vehicles - more cargo. Post a vehicle and get cargo. Activity gives results. You will find cargo, the customer will find you, all thanks to your posted request. Use the site, information is money.
