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The 8 Standard Types of “Bill of Lading” Documents

ShipLilly

wholesale, logistic business and people concept – manual worker and businessman with clipboards at warehouse explain a bill of lading document. The bill of lading (BoL) is an important document in the shipping industry to better understand its meaning and implications for operations. When You Should Use Them.

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Transporting Perishable Goods? Some Important Factors to Consider.

Blue Grace Logistics

Transporting perishable goods and fresh produce is fraught with higher risks than regular dry cargo. Perishable goods need a specialized mode of transportation, refrigerated trailers, or reefers. What important factors should shippers keep in mind while transporting fresh produce? The best method and transport mode to ship it.

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Rail Logistics Moves Ahead

Logistics Business Magazine

Rail-Flow, the leading platform provider for rail freight and intermodal transport, has attracted new investors to expand its business activities. Rail-Flow founders Dominik Fürste and Osman Akdemir want to shift freight transports from road to rail and digitalise rail freight transport.

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First data logger meets IEC standard

Logistics Business Magazine

The G-Log 2 data logger from Germany-based Aspion GmbH is the first shock recorder on the market to implement the continuous shock/vibration test of the European transport standard EN IEC 60721-3-2:2018 with its 2M4/2M5/2M6 classes during transportation. The result is either: the standard was complied with or it wasn’t.

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The Digital Transformation Journey in Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

With legislation and regulations changing rapidly, customers need a control tower view of their operations, a detailed breakdown of tracking information such as destination ETA, VAT calculations for goods, HS Code lookup, shipment information, reference numbers, real-time access to invoices and documentation, the list goes on. The solution?

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City Zone Express Boosts Connectivity Between China and Indochina

Logistics Manager

Road transportation is undeniably the backbone for cross-border trade activity. Benefiting from both quicker transit times compared to sea freight and lower transportation cost compared to air freight, cross-border road transportation services are key to many businesses success. Growing Fleet .

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GateHouse and leogistics form visibility collaboration

Logistics Business Magazine

Working together with GateHouse Maritime, we can advance the capabilities of myleo / dsc and move closer to our goal of delivering an easy-to-use, efficient and future-proof logistics execution and collaboration platform for all industries and modes of transport.”. myleo / dsc is a unique cloud platform for site and transport logistics.