Three Things Your International Freight Shipping Company Wishes You Knew
Shipping freight internationally can be complex. It’s a
mystifying process: your merchandise leaves your warehouse, only to
disappear for an indefinite amount of time, to somehow mysteriously
reappear at its destination. There’s reams of paperwork and an
alphabet soup of abbreviations to navigate. Life could be
easier for all parties, however, if there was a better understanding
of what was going on. Here are the top three things your
international freight shipping company wishes you knew:
1. The more information you provide, the better!
An international freight shipping company cannot, under any
circumstance, ‘fly blind’. They need to know a great deal of
information, from an exact description of what you’re shipping, what
it’s made of, and where it’s going, before they can even begin to
give you a price quote. Varying regulations and transport
requirements greatly affect price. The more information you
give the international freight shipping company, the better they’ll
be able to help you.
2. There are things beyond the international freight shipping
company’s control.
Buy insurance. No matter what you’re shipping, or where
it’s going, you want to insure your materials. Most
international freight shipping companies offer insurance or work
closely with vendors who do. Buy it. Planes crash, ships
sink, and meteors crash out of the sky and smash delivery vans flat.
None of these are common occurrences, but you want to be prepared.
3. Transit takes time.
The people who work at the international freight shipping company
live in the same world you do, replete with instant messaging and
microwave dinners. It’s a fast paced world, and we’ve all
become used to instant gratification.
That being said, there are actual, physical limits to how fast
international freight shipping happens. Air shipments
generally require a few days. Ocean transport, however, can
take longer -- sometimes several weeks. Be realistic about
your expectations, and you’re far more likely to be pleased with
your international freight shipping company.
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