It’s not a surprise that the world is moving faster as each day passes. Customers want to receive their products and services as fast as possible, making their suppliers to also work under a rush schedule to deliver their clients in the most efficient way. Normally you can think that shipping an item from one point to another is not a hard task; what difficulty can be in taking your phone and calling some transport company, ask for a truck and move the merchandise from origin to destination? Maybe you can even have your own transport company, meaning this will be less effort as you don’t depend on another company to deliver the client. But when it comes to more complex operations, such as move cargo from one country to another (by road, ocean, or air) where you don’t fully know foreign Customs or Transport regulations or whether which is the best cost/time efficient way, it is possible to end up with a more expensive operation that could affect the profits the company was hoping to receive.

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This is where Freight Forwarders come into the play. I had the opportunity to work in this type of company back in the Dominican Republic and, in my experience, I can honestly tell you that this is a problem solver for companies since they are in charge of getting their customers the best option that can adjust to their budget. They must organize transportation, identify the most efficient route to save time and money, obtain insurance, select the appropriate packaging for the shipment in question, organize freight storage and/or distribution, and so on. Also, as Freight Forwarders are internationally connected, they are in the capacity to oversee those foreign regulations to move the cargo within the destination/origin country.

In the company I worked in the Dominican Republic, they offered a huge variety of services, which some can be found below:

If you are planning sometime in the future to have your own company, or if in your workplace are having issues with logistics matters, I would totally recommend you make and approach to a Freight Forwarding company to have those matters solve with ease. Of course, it will cost you, but trust me that it is all worth and you and your final customers will be grateful for making that decision!