How to ensure loading of your available railway rolling stock
Railway cars of various types in your possession should not sit idle. Ideally, a freshly unloaded car should be positioned for loading and, once completed, sent on its way. Increasing the turnover of freight railway cars, hoppers, tank cars and other types of rolling stock is a direct path to increasing your company's income, ensuring its development and prosperity. Let us explore how to find cargo to increase the turnover of your wagon fleet.
Methods of searching for cargo for railway transport
Com-stil.com is an international transport portal for carriers of cargo by all types of transport. Railway transport is an important part of freight transport logistics. All conditions have been created for shippers and railway freight carriers to find each other. You can search for cargo on the portal in two ways:
1. By browsing shipper announcements of railway cargo.
2. By posting your own announcement of available rolling stock or wagons and readiness to carry out railway shipping.
To view shipper announcements, go to the section Railway cargo all requests , where all requests from cargo owners are publicly available to website visitors. Match the needs of those posting requests for railway shipping with your capabilities, select suitable requests and contact shippers using their contact information. Soon your rolling stock will be loaded.
If there are no suitable requests for railway cargo shipping, post a shipping request telling about the types of cars you have available and your preferred shipping routes. To do this, go to the section Add wagons , your posted request will be visible to all individuals and organizations interested in railway shipping. Cargo owners will definitely contact you.
How to ensure that cargo shippers choose your request..
For a shipper to choose your request from the available wagon offers, it should stand out from others and provide all necessary information. You must provide:
- Countries and names of dispatch and arrival stations. Some populated areas have several railway stations; to avoid discrepancies and misunderstandings, it is advisable to also provide codes of specific stations.
- Be sure to inform potential clients about the time period when the railway rolling stock is available, specifying the start and end dates of this period.
- Inform about the type of wagon and rolling stock you have available. Shippers have different needs; one may need a box car, another a tank car, a third a flatcar or auto-transport car.
- Inform about the maximum weight of cargo your wagon can accept.
- Specify the maximum useful volume of your wagons and rolling stock.
- Write your contact information. Shippers may have different preferences, so provide several ways to contact you.
The information listed above in your announcement searching for cargo for your railway transport must be provided. There are also opportunities to stand out from similar announcements; add your announcement to the category railway logistics and shipping.
Some large wagon shippers conduct railway shipments constantly and in large volumes. For such clients, the standard cost of a single shipping seems excessively high. They seek to lease rolling stock for a certain period of time. If you are willing to accept some reduction in potential profit in exchange for long-term leasing of wagons, tank cars and flatcars, state this in your request.
In the form of notes, inform about competitive advantages you possess. If your rolling stock is new, state this. If you are able to provide assistance with customs clearance of railway cargo crossing borders, do not hide this. Identify all your competitive advantages and inform potential clients about them.
Add your available railway transport to the portal in the request Add railway wagon and it will not sit idle empty. Clients will contact you themselves.
