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The Beginner’s Guide to Bill of Lading Documents

ShipLilly

While you don’t want to forget any of those documents (no matter how numerous or tedious they may be), there’s one you definitely want to become familiar with: the bill of lading. A bill of lading is one of the most common – and important – documents in the shipping and logistics industry.

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Demurrage and Incoterms

Globalior

Demurrage is a cost paid to a shipping line when the owner of cargo is not able to take full delivery of the cargo within the stipulated time. This can apply to all types of cargo, such as containerized cargo, loose cargo and charter party arrangements. Demurrage free days can also be referred to as laytime.

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

Shipping and Freight Resource

To the uninitiated (which included me at one stage), these industries are same or similar and it might come across that there is no difference between Maritime, Shipping, Freight, Logistics, Supply Chain and Trade. Shipping Business = the act of carriage of cargo from point A to point using the ships which falls under the Maritime industry.

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Know the Kinds of Modes of Transportation

20Cube Logistics

You will definitely try to find out the available modes of transportation that can help move the consignment to your consignee seamlessly. In this article, we present the different modes of transportation available to move your cargo and freight from one destination to another one. Less handling of cargo. Security of cargo.

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DHL Express expands Johor Gateway facility

Logistics Business Magazine

2.35m) Johor Gateway located within the Senai Airport City industrial park. This offers improved shipment processing for the more than 1,800 parcels and documents bound for and coming from the facility’s busiest trade lanes, namely the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong, China, and Japan.

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Is The Freight Industry Ready For SOLAS?

Freightos

Is The Freight Industry Ready For SOLAS? That is, for shippers that already weigh cargo, the only direct change will be paperwork. And those shippers that don’t already will need to purchase weighing products or services, adding cost and time to an industry already under pressure to speedily deliver goods.

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2023: Year in Freightera Customer Reviews

Freightera

I booked, pait at about 16h00 on Tuesday and by 07h05 on Wednesday my cargo was picked up and delivered the next day. Definitely will use them for future shipments.” Definitely will try again shipping through Freightera.” Definitely would use again.” Within minutes I had a very competitive rate. A+ rating in my books.”