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Delivery of various goods from one point of the country to another or between two neighboring states is a key event in the development of economic relations between companies and entire countries. Modern aircraft are capable of lifting large loads, the mass of which can exceed well over 10 tons, depending on the type of vehicle. Daily thousands of tons of cargo move between countries and continents and international air cargo transportation is quite in demand in this process. Of course, cargo is not only delivered by aircraft, all modes of transport are used for this. However, air cargo delivery provides advantages that are not available for all other types of delivery. In some cases, the delivery of goods by air is more profitable than international shipments by sea or land. The price will depend on the quantity and characteristics of the items transported, the distance from the starting point to the destination, etc. In addition, the cost of air transport services will depend on how quickly the goods need to be transported and on individual order factors. So, among the benefits provided by air delivery of cargo, we can first highlight the speed of delivery. This is by far the most important characteristic of air cargo delivery. No other transportation option will be able to deliver your cargo from overseas in just 2-3 days. For some types of cargo, for example, for perishable goods, this is perhaps the only delivery method. Air delivery of goods is more expensive than other methods. But when you need to bring the goods in a limited time, quickly and reliably, this delivery method will be the best option. The main disadvantage of air transport is the price. Airplane fares are the highest. It should be noted that airports are rare in remote places. Therefore, air cargo transportation is often part of combined transportation.

Advantages are:
• The highest degree of safety of transported goods
• Delivery accuracy
• Delivery to remote and hard-to-reach places

Sea shipping accounts for 80% of all world trade traffic, employing 90% of the entire world fleet. Sea vessels are capable of simultaneously accepting tens of thousands of tons of cargo on board, due to which sea freight transportation has a low unit cost relative to other types of transportation. And the high safety of the transported goods, with the possibility of carrying out transcontinental transportation, make this type of service very popular. Transportation of goods by sea is often carried out using containers, which significantly reduces the time of loading and unloading, as well as provides additional safety of the cargo. In most cases, sea cargo transportation is carried out with the involvement of additional transport, road or rail. Such transportation is called multimodal.

In addition, sea transportation is the main, and in some cases the only possible means of delivery of goods during intercontinental transportation. The main advantages of sea transportation are low cost over long distances, while ensuring a high level of security. Tariffs here are significantly lower compared to road and, especially, air transportation.

The disadvantage of sea transportation is depending on meteorological conditions. However, this type of transportation has one significant drawback, which is that this type of delivery takes quite a long time. At the same time, the use of sea transport is limited by the throughput of ports and canals, and the seasonal nature of transportation in the northern regions.

Railway transportation is one of the oldest, cheapest and most environmentally friendly modes of transport. When organizing the transportation of cargo of large volume and weight to a distant country, this method guarantees a particularly favorable price for transportation, safety, independence from transport queues and the human factor, and tariffs for services do not change depending on the season. Railway transportation is best suited for the transport of goods within the same continent over long distances. In cases where the use of sea transport seems to be impractical and transportation by air and road transport will be excessively expensive, the railway transportation becomes indispensable.

Cargo transportation by railway is one of the most profitable ways of transportation due to its high carrying capacity. The main advantage of railway transportation can be considered the ability to transport large-sized objects that are difficult or impossible to transport by road. Another advantage is the possibility of prompt and safe transportation, which do not depend on weather conditions, which guarantees maximum safety. And the concept of traffic jams is absent for the railway, trains run strictly on schedule, which guarantees temporary accuracy in the delivery of goods. But attachment to a specific route along which the railways are laid serves as a disadvantage of this type of transportation. And this limitation can be a decisive argument against the use of rail transport.

Parcel shipping refers to shipping lighter, smaller boxed items. If you need to ship a few small packages at a time, parcel shipping is an economical way to ship your products. In parcel shipment, packages are typically smaller than LTL shipping handles. Moreover, parcel shipping carries a higher risk because packages can be lost or damaged due to size. There are both benefits and disadvantages involved in this process like other types of transportation.

Another of our services is the organization of export / import transportation. Transportation of export-import cargo is a complex logistic process, which includes the development of an individual logistic scheme for the transportation of goods, taking into account economic, financial and territorial nuances, customs clearance and dispatch.

Right now, we organize the transportation of export-import goods all over the world. We take care of both shippers and consignees to save time and effort. At the request of the client, we can also organize intermodal transport. We ensure the timely dispatch of goods by various modes of transport, constant monitoring of their movement, tracking the estimated and actual dates of arrival at the destination.

Container transportation allows for the uninterrupted delivery of goods from the sender to the recipient, thereby significantly reducing the volume of intermediate loading and unloading operations. Various types of transport, including water (river and sea transportation), land (road and rail transportation) and even air, carry out container transportation. The containers used in modern cargo transportation are durable and airtight, which allows the goods to be delivered intact. They have a different volume and purpose by type of cargo, so it will not be difficult for experienced cargo carriers to choose the most optimal option for a specific cargo.

Advantages:
• Cost. The absence of intermediate loading and unloading operations allows significant savings.
• Control. With the help of tracking systems, you can control the movement of goods.
• Versatility. The containers have standard parameters, they can be transported by services of different countries and they are designed for repeated use.
• Reliability. The containers are robust and protect the cargo from environmental influences and vandalism.
• Work automation. The use of special equipment for loading and unloading significantly speeds up the processes, reduces the cost of loader services.

The only disadvantage of this type of transportation is: the container is rented in both directions, but it is far from always possible to fill it on the way back, which means that part of the funds will be spent in vain.

Groupage transportation is the transportation of small-sized cargo from various customers in one direction on one vehicle. The use of this service is rational in the case when it is necessary to deliver a small batch of goods or piece products, the total volume of which does not allow filling the entire useful space of the rented vehicle. The key advantage of groupage delivery is an affordable price for transportation of small consignments of goods over long distances. The financial benefit is achieved by consolidating the funds of two or more customers, whose cargoes will follow an identical route. Thus, the entire usable space of a large-sized vehicle is filled, which suits the carrier and makes transportation profitable, and each of the parties to the transaction pays exclusively for the seats of their goods.

It should be noted that the transportation of groupage cargo has its own characteristics and risks.
• They can be overloaded repeatedly along the route.
• In a road train, they can be adjacent to the goods of unknown companies, this can lead to a delay in transport while passing the state border
• Delivery time may increase unexpectedly due to increased collection time.

But as advantages we can note: affordable cost due to the use of not the entire container, but its part, delivery price depends on the occupied space, regular shipments of goods within the agreed period and groupage (in containers) cargo transportation provide reliable protection of goods from impacts, and also make it possible to transport almost all types of cargo.