What is a Container Transport Chain?

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Most cargo you send around the world doesn’t go by only one mode. A truck might pick it up at your business. Then it drives your freight to a local rail hub. From here, it’s loaded onto a train, where it’s moved quickly overland to another rail hub. From here, it goes onto another truck. You don’t rely on one form of transport. You rely upon a transport chain.

This repeats with air travel, and it’s not always as symmetric as the example above. You may rely on a truck that gets your freight to an airport. From there, it may be delivered to an airport, and taken by train from there, where it will be loaded onto a ship going to the small port town that is your freight’s destination.

Transport Chains & Production

There may be single link, or there may be half a dozen. It depends on how complicated the journey of your freight is. When you think about it, it’s remarkable that we can use these kinds of transport chains to ship millions of goods around the world every day. Shipping is a well-oiled machine that requires the cooperation of many different industries to achieve a common goal.

Transport chains are more commonly being integrated with existing production. What this means is that your business may rely upon a transport chain to get its parts. Then it assembles these parts into a product. From there, it relies upon another transport chain to ship the product out to its various markets.

Regular Transport Chains

When doing this, establishing regular and reliable transport chains is crucial to keeping your supply and product reliable. It’s also a big way that you can cut down on costs. When working with companies that ship in bulk and in regular installments, we seek to cut costs and create efficiency as much as possible. We know the bigger you grow, the more business you’ll give us.

We can handle many of the aspects of shipping through transport chains, including handling customs and delivery through multiple transport modes to multiple receivers. We make the budgeting and accounting as easy as possible on your end. Our goal is to make it so that all you have to worry about is what your business does. We’ll handle the stress of creating transport chains around the world for you.