Freight Forwarding
Freight Forwarding takes advantage of combining various modes of cargo shipment and transportation. What is special about multimodal freight is that there would be a single transporting document and a single through rate.
The main characteristics of Freight Forwarding are:
- CStage-by-stage employment of various freighting facilities
- Single operator’s responsibility for shipping, handling, and safety of cargo
- Door-to-Door delivery
Requirements
Freight Forwarding With JW Marine
- Thorough routing
- Keeping a long chain of different freight carriers in synch
- Well-developed skills to foresee and avoid potential complications on the route
- Taking into account the specifics of transported cargo as well as the client’s specific demands
All this implies the highest level of professionalism and consolidation from a team involved with forwarding multimodal cargo. Polar Star Logistics can certainly offer you that.
Freight Forwarding Varieties
Air Freight
Sea Freight
Land Freight
For practical reasons, the above types of freight are seldom applied in pure form but rather used as a strategic combination. As a result, a mix of freighting modalities will be used, meaning your cargo will travel with several modes of transport.
Examples of multimodal freights include:
- Cargo is ocean shipped to a port and unloaded there.
- It proceeds by rail to the place of customs clearance.
- After customs clearance, it travels by road to the receiver(s).
There is often a much higher level of complexity with multimodal freight than in the given example. It certainly demands the highest level of control over the whole process.
Our logistics management team will tailor the most optimal plan for your particular case of multimodal delivery. Above all, we have all the required skills and facilities to make sure your multimodal cargo arrives fast, safe, and with no delays on the route.
The most notable trait of multimodal logistics is a single contract between the customer and the operator.
The operator’s “must-have” here are his direct contracts with rail-, road- and sea shipping companies. At Polar Star, we have contracts with years of experience behind them.
