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How to Deal with Damaged Freight: Freight Damage Types

GoShip Blog

Parties involved in physically handling cargo include: Supplier and factories Local trucker or delivery Origin and arrival port staff Customs or warehouse staff Receiving damaged freight requires complicated paperwork, so you will want to eliminate any chances of your products arriving in a damaged state.

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The importance of declaring correct cargo details and consequences of cargo misdeclaration

Shipping and Freight Resource

Incorrect cargo details and/or misdeclaration of cargo and its details has been the bane of many shipping lines over the years. The consequences of cargo and weight misdeclaration were so severe that the IMO had to implement SOLAS VGM regulations. For over two years now TT Club has been promoting its Cargo Integrity campaign.

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Dealing with Damaged Freight: Types of Freight Damage

GoShip Blog

Parties involved in physically handling cargo include: Supplier and factories. The course of action you need to take will ultimately depend on the type of damage that affects your shipments. The course of action you need to take will ultimately depend on the type of damage that affects your shipments. Local trucker or delivery.

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Difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain

Shipping and Freight Resource

Shipping Business = the act of carriage of cargo from point A to point using the ships which falls under the Maritime industry. Freight = the cargo that is carried using the shipping services offered by the shipping lines using the ships which falls under the Maritime industry. General Cargo Carriers. An estimated 89.5%

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How Technology is Changing Ocean Shipping

Now, That's Logistics

When it comes to the exchange of information, it is of course problematic.”. Blame the high volume of required documents—invoices, bills of lading, letters of credit, and inspection certificates, etc.—with The booking feeds direct into our operating system allowing our cargo agents to act on it within minutes of it being made.

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Common Routing Problems—And How to Solve Them

WorkWave

Many of the issues you encounter while route planning are more than just common—they’re thoroughly documented logistical problems that have existed since the advent of widespread delivery. First named and documented in the late 1950s, the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) explores the logistics of routing efficiency.

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What happens when a container needs to be changed in a transshipment port?

Globalior

Sometimes containerized cargo has to undergo transshipment and for various reasons may need to be moved between containers. Of course in transit, the vessel may stop over at various ports en route to destination. Data on transshipment costs per unit cargo is also essential. Determining the cargo quantity.

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