Stages, complexities and peculiarities of transportation of groupage cargoe

Cargo transportation is one of the most common logistics services in Ukraine. Its popularity is due to financial benefits and convenience for the shipper.

Firstly, you do not pay for an empty seat in the body and for a way back, as in the case of general cargo.

Secondly, the service is most often realized “on a turn-key basis”, but your participation in the process of passing customs, etc. is minimized.

Thirdly, in this way you will receive additional orders for raw materials or deliver a small shipment of goods in the popular direction much faster.

It seems that there are some pluses around, but the combined delivery is a complex multi-stage process with its own rules. It consists of the following stages:

1. Registration of the application for delivery, the formation of the lot by application;
2. Consolidation of goods from different senders in the warehouse through acceptance or transportation of the company;
3. Processing and labeling of containers, distribution of cargo to parties at the point of arrival;
4. Proper planning of the route of the TS, preparation of accompanying documentation;
5. Loading by standard rules, departure and path;
6. Crossing the border, customs clearance with the help of brokers (if international delivery is ordered);
7. Arrival at the temporary storage warehouse or consolidation warehouse, processing;
8. Delivery to the warehouse-recipient or to the physical address;
9. Delivery of goods, payment for company services (if there was no advance payment).

To ensure that everything went smoothly, the customer and the contractor determine in advance the areas of responsibility.

The consignor guarantees that the package corresponds to the contents, the description of the cargo is correct, the packaging is reliable and suitable. Also, if necessary, it provides copies of certificates for goods and additional documentation for customs. An experienced logistician will immediately clarify this point.

The company fulfills all the conditions of the contract of delivery. It undertakes to submit invoices in a timely manner, to notify the impossibility of providing services and delays, to notify the change in tariffs. She is also liable for loss or damage to the goods.

Features of the transportation method

According to the current legislation, all consolidated cargoes are insured on a mandatory basis. If you order a turnkey service, the tariff also includes a fee for assistance with customs clearance. In addition, we recommend to specify the units of measurement of the mass of departure, taken as a basis in the calculations of the logistician. Very often companies use the term “bulk weight”, where a cubic meter is considered to be 166 kg.

In general, we are talking about light and bulky loads, which take up a lot of space in the body, with a small mass. Transportation of oversize by the collective method is generally considered at a separate tariff. Companies also often make claims on the properties and nature of the goods that they can accept. The list of inappropriate is published on the website or attached to the contract.

We recommend that we take a responsible attitude to the requirement to provide information about the cargo. Incomplete description is the most frequent cause of problems on the border. Customs refuses to accept spatial strokes, therefore, if you carry components for computers, you need to specify all the names and their number, and not just the general name of the goods.