Showing posts with label Full Container Load Shipping Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Full Container Load Shipping Tips. Show all posts

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Liabilities of Trucking Company


The company should be a duly licensed/registered one with the registration bureau. A true copy of this registration should be affixed every time in the office of every branch of the company for the perusal and satisfaction of the customers. It should not be an expired one.

The expiry date should be easily visible and legible to the customers/visitors for the purpose of booking of a truck. Despite of this if a customer wants to see an original license of the company for any reason, the management of the company should arrange for that by connecting the relevant bureau through internet as the facility is available now a days.

All the trucks of the company should be registered with any registration branch of the country according to the rules. Every time original registration of the truck should be with the driver of the truck. Registration should be fresh and renewed if required. The expiry date if there is as per rules should be prominent. Engine and chassis Nos. of every truck should be tallied with the Nos. noted on the registration book. On demand of the customer the company or driver should show the registration book.

All the due taxes should be paid in time by the owner of the truck/company. The registration book should bear the due taxes paid stamp or writing otherwise. Expiry date if (there is as per rules) should be visible and legible. Route permit duly issued by the relevant office should be with the company or truck driver and during the journey it should be with the driver. The route permit should be renewed if so required by the rules. Every truck of the company should have the fresh fitness certificate issued by the motor vehicle examiner. The renewing and expiry date should be clear for the satisfaction of the customer.

All the drivers of the company should be licensed and during the journey the license should be with the driver. License should not be an expired one if the rules demand renewal etc. The validity and expiry time should be clearly shown on the driving license. Through this article we would like to advise/suggest a trucking company to maintain a list bearing the registration and route permits Nos. names of the drivers, expiry dates of registrations, route permits, driving licenses and fitness certificates of the trucks. This list should be remained before the relevant employee of the company. It would be very professional if this list is made exposure to the public.

In addition to above noted liabilities the trucking company should have its website on the internet as per the demand of recent time. It is very awkward if in the present time of advancement a trucking company has not website. Anyhow the company should have prominent place on the net. Other sources of advertisement should also be used by the company to grow up the business and facilitate the public. It is very immediate liability of a trucking company, driver or representative to issue a receipt of the articles to the customer and get a certificate from the customer after transportation of the same.

Author:Victoria Julee
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Vehicle Shipping – One Of The Most Sorted Out Way Of Shipping Vehicle

Worldwide Shipping is gaining lot of familiarity day per day. Shipping like Container shipping, Overseas Shipping, cargo shipping, Vehicle Shipping has become so much common. There are number of sorted out names for giving services like International shipping, International freight, Shipping Container, Cargo Shipping, Vehicle Shipping etc.

All required customs documentation is prepared for shipment of your automobile or other vehicle. The automobile can be picked up at your door, or you can deliver the vehicle to our terminal. After the thorough vehicle condition reports are prepared, vehicles are stored in the fully secured and covered warehouse while awaiting shipment to the destination. Each vehicle is steadily blocked, braced and fully tied down so that it will arrive at the destination in the same condition as it was received.

You will be provided with the Bill of Lading and documentation, enabling you to maintain your vehicle from the agent at destination. The name of the vessel, date of departure, date of arrival, name, address, and telephone number of our agent will be presented to you in the well-made cover letter enabling you to take delivery of your car (or other vehicle) at the final destination.

Vehicles are usually gigantic objects, which needs substantial care in handling. It is the accountability of the owner of the vehicle not to with stand a minute scratch on his vehicle. Therefore, it is the responsibility too, to make sure that the people employed can easily identify the consequence of a particular car or any other vehicle to its owner taking the supreme level. There are professional workers with sufficient training for the company gratifying its clients by delivering the vehicles unharmed.

There is a high scientific growth day by day. Hence, auto transporters should make use of the newest technology possible in order to transport the vehicle in the best-secured way.

The technology used in the transportation of vehicles is latest today while making your goods shipped. New technologies are coming for vehicle shipping used in different activities of transportation such as car shipping, auto shipping, vehicle shipping and the like. For making the tasks easier, people can effortlessly shift from one country to another as normally, the safety of vehicle is not guaranteed, but with the use of latest technology, vehicle shipping can be done in a much easier way. 

Author:Maria Jennifier
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Friday, December 16, 2011

Shipping A Full Container Load (FCL)

 There are primarily three sizes of containers to consider when shipping your household goods as an FCL (Full Container Load): 20’ Standard (STD), 40’ Standard (STD), and 40’ High Cube (HC). The standard sizes have identical width and height dimensions and are differentiated by their length. The 40’High Cube has the same width and length of the 40’STD but has an additional foot of height. The 20’STD holds a maximum volume of 1,172 cubic feet, the 40’STD holds a maximum volume of 2,390 cubic feet, and the 40’HC holds a maximum volume of 2,694 CFT.

IMPORTANT NOTE: THE MAXIMUM VOLUMES ARE ACHIEVED WHEN FILLING THE CONTAINER WITH AIR/WATER/SAND OR SOME OTHER MEDIUM THAT LEAVES ZERO DEADSPACE. HOUSEHOLD GOODS SHIPMENTS WILL NEVER REACH THESE MAXIMUMS.

One of the biggest advantages to shipping your goods as an FCL is the exclusivity that this shipping method offers. In a Less then Container Load (LCL) shipment, your shipment will be consolidated with other smaller shipments (and not necessarily Household Goods shipments) in order to make up a full container. With an FCL, your shipment will be the ONLY cargo in the container. FCL shipments also offer a higher level of security and a decreased chance of damage as there is less handling of your shipment.

There are two schools of thought when it comes to loading your household goods into a container: loading at residence and loading at a warehouse.

Like a majority of shippers, the “loading at residence” option instantly jumps out as the more appealing option. With this method, you are able to see your household goods loaded into the container and watch the seal be placed on it before it returns back to the port. While this is a valid point, it leaves out many other important factors and potential extra costs. First and foremost, this practice is actively discouraged by a majority of the major ship lines. They will have stipulations in their contract rates that Household Goods shipments from Door (residence) are not allowed.

Second, many of the trucking companies that have authorization to pull containers from a port will not deliver them to a residence due to insurance restrictions. Also, most residential loads are “live loads” as there is no space to “drop” and leave the container. Depending on the trucker, they will allow 1-2 hours of “free time” to load the container before charging hourly detention charges for waiting. Furthermore, if a loading team will have to wait an extended period of time for a trucker to arrive with the container, they will have extra charges for the wasted time. Therefore, the loading hinges on seamless coordination between the loading party and trucker with zero tolerance for unexpected events like: traffic delays, port congestion creating delays in pulling the container at port, mechanical breakdown, flat tire, etc. The list could go on and on, and the ramifications of even a minor glitch could increase the costs of your move.

Loading at a warehouse actually turns out to be a much safer and smarter option. On the day of your move, a pick up team will arrive with a truck at a designated time, have the ability to carefully pick up your shipment without being “under the gun” to load within an hour or two, and leave when the job is complete. There is no wait time or coordination with multiple parties. Your household goods will then be transported back to a warehouse and unloaded from the truck.

When it is time to load your shipment into the container, the trucker will bring the container from the port to the warehouse and drop the container at the warehouse’s loading dock. The loading team at the warehouse can take additional time to carefully load your shipment, block and brace, and secure your shipment in the container. When the loading team at the warehouse is finished, your international movers will close the container and place a seal on it.

The trucker will then be able to come to the warehouse, pick up the loaded container, and deliver it back to port. This loading method has an extra step of handling, but it allows for greater control of the handling of the cargo and greater allowance to handle unforeseen circumstances without creating additional costs to you. 

Author:John Jo
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