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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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What is Multimodal Transport?

MTS Logistics

What is Multimodal Transport? Multimodal transport, also known as combined transport, is a transport system that involves the movement of goods using multiple modes of transport such as trucks, rail, air and ships. Multimodal transport supports various transport systems.

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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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TransLogistica Caspian

Logistics Business Magazine

TransLogistica exhibition is an effective platform for uniting various areas of the transport sector such as railways, marine industry, aviation, commercial vehicles and transportation and logistics services.

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Verallia enhances sustainability with Metrocargo

Logistics Business Magazine

The project, which involves the railway terminal in Borgo San Dalmazzo (Cuneo) and Verallia plants in Gazzo Veronese (Verona), Villa Poma (Mantua) and Lonigo (Vicenza), was studied and carried out thanks to the commitment of Sibelco Italia with the essential support of multimodal transport operator Metrocargo Italia.

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New Luxembourg-Chengdu Rail Freight Route Opens

Logistics Business Magazine

The train departs from Bettembourg-Dudelange Intermodal Terminal towards Chengdu Qingbaijiang International Railway Port. The train will cross Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, entering the Chinese territory in Alashankou and will finally arrive at the Chengdu Qingbaijiang International Railway Port in only 15 days.

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Port Logistics

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

While also planes can be used to transport goods across long distances and the ocean, it is way more expensive than ships and additionally, ships are able to carry bigger as well as more cargo. This makes them an efficient means of transport albeit not timewise. For this aspect ship ports are not so different from airports.