Rules for searching cargo and contractors for sea container shipping
In sea container shipping, as a rule, a cargo owner, in order to order sea shipping, contacts a freight forwarding company, whose activities involve chartering vessels or space on a sea vessel for a container for sea shipping.
What is important for attracting cargo owners who need sea shipping
The tool for attracting cargo owners is the placement on the website of the forwarder's requests in the category «Sea shipping», section «Add vehicle», in the directions from which there is an opportunity to deliver cargo. The forwarder must demonstrate all its capabilities in each sea route, be in the company catalog, become a consultant and publish listings.
A forwarder, to organize sea shipping, is obliged to obtain from the cargo owner:
Cargo name, cargo weight, cargo dimensions, cargo technical characteristics. Shipping direction. What packaging or wrapping of cargo. Determine the required container.
Clarify technical issues relating to the cargo: Commercial invoice for cargo. Packing list. Certificate of origin. Depending on the type of cargo, additional documents may be required. Phytosanitary certificate - for cargos of plant origin. Veterinary certificate - for cargos of animal origin. Import quarantine permit - for flour cargo, cereals, tea, coffee and others. Certificate of conformity - for food products. Sanitary and hygienic conclusion - for obtaining the mark «SES import, sale permitted» on the bill of lading. PP / PD / EA (Commodity code UKTVED).
What the organizer of sea cargo shipping must tell the cargo owner
State and indicate in the request the cost of shipping, preferably including all expenses, also indicate in the request: Cargo route. What container will be used and its number. Container pickup date. Standard vehicle downtime. Vehicle downtime beyond the norm. Overweight penalties. Monitoring of reefer container at the port. Storage tariffs. Storage of oversized cargo. Demurrage/Detention of containers (use outside the warehouse). Booking changes (in case of change of the date of booking space on the vessel) Bill of lading corrections. Date of cargo arrival at the place of discharge.
How to use the section to get more orders
Each user has a personal account, in which «My vehicle» a sea shipping forwarder manages his requests, places new ones, updates them and raises them in the list of other requests, to show theirs. If you perform these actions regularly, customers will always contact the sea shipping forwarder whose requests will be new and first in the list of other requests.
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How to carry out sea shipping of your cargo.
Most cargo in the world is transported by sea. This is facilitated by the following advantages of this type of transport:
- Relatively low cost of sea shipping. Sea transport is the cheapest way to deliver cargo.
- The possibility of delivering cargo throughout the world, which other types of transport, with the exception of aviation, cannot provide.
- High cargo capacity of sea vessels. Owners almost never set weight restrictions on cargo transported by sea transport. This allows delivering large batches of goods to the destination.
This transport also has disadvantages:
- Relatively low speed of shipping.
- The need for equipped ports.
Nevertheless, the advantages of sea shipping outweigh the disadvantages, and the volume of sea cargo shipping is growing year after year.
Where cargo is sent by sea
Sea shipping allows cargo to be transported between continents and provides global delivery to any equipped port on the planet. Thanks to the introduction of the principle of multimodality in transport logistics, with the participation of sea shipping, it is possible to ensure delivery of cargo "from door to door" from port to port, between most populated areas of the planet. Container shipping is most consistent with the principle of multimodality. The use of standardized containers allows them to be transported by sea, rail and road transport without unloading their contents. Transshipment of a container from one transport to another takes only minutes.
Due to the low cost of shipping goods and cargo by sea, and the lack of road connection between some regions of continents, sometimes sea shipping between ports of one continent is economically expedient, and sometimes it is the only opportunity to deliver cargo.
Naturally, receiving sea vessels requires an equipped port with everything necessary for loading and unloading operations and having connections with highways and railways. Then cargo is delivered by other types of transport.
Cargo transported by sea transport
Due to high cargo capacity, sea transport can carry any cargo. Sea cargo vessels can be divided into two large categories:
- Tankers. This is sea transport intended for transporting large volumes of liquid products of the chemical industry, oil and oil products, liquefied gases. Most of the cargo turnover using sea transport falls on the tanker fleet.
- Dry cargo vessels. As the name suggests, this type of sea vessel for cargo transportation is mainly used for transporting solid cargo. There are many subtypes of dry cargo vessels, in particular bulkers — vessels for transporting bulk cargo (grain, sand, fertilizers, etc.) in bulk, timber carriers, car carriers, etc. An increasingly large part of sea cargo turnover is occupied by cargo transported by container ships, which are also classified as dry cargo vessels.
The container fleet of sea shipping has containers adapted for various types of cargo. Containers can transport virtually any cargo, including bulk and liquid. For transporting liquid cargo, there are special tank-containers — tanks built into the frame of standard containers. If cargo requiring special temperature conditions for storage is shipped by sea, you can rent reefer containers, which will ensure its safety.
Due to the multimodality of containers, container ships are gaining increasing popularity and gradually displacing specialized vessels. The reason is that a car, grain and other types of goods can be shipped in a container.
One-time sea shipping in rented containers is relatively expensive. If your company conducts such shipments regularly, it makes sense to rent a container for a long-term basis. In this case, you can save significant funds on shipping. You can rent any number of the required container types; there are enough offers on the market.
What information is required when ordering sea shipping
To carry out shipping, the carrier must know between which countries and populated areas the cargo needs to be transported. Naturally, sea shipping begins and ends at a port, so the ports of departure and arrival need to be known. If you do not know which specific route is best for transporting your cargo, contact sea logistics consultants for help.
Cargo type, weight and volume — important parameters that both the shipper and the carrier need to know. Naturally, you also need to decide on the time interval during which the shipping should take place. After preparing and systematizing all necessary information, you can proceed directly to finding a carrier for delivery of your cargo.
How to find a carrier to deliver your cargo by sea
com-stil.com — an international transport portal that helps shippers and carriers find each other. There are two options for finding a sea shipping contractor:
- Review in the section Vehicle all requests all requests of carriers for sea shipping. Upon finding suitable transport and route, contact the representatives of the carrier using the contact details provided in the request.
- Place a request for sea shipping of your cargo in the section Add cargo. Your request will be available to all representatives of sea carriers and logistics companies. Soon, logisticians of companies organizing sea cargo shipping will contact you.
