Air Freight
Using airfreight in your company
Air Freight is a major component of international logistics and global import/export transportation. The service is costly but is vital in cases of need for express deliveries abroad such as those that are required as a matter of urgency by the client or those that are perishable and need speedy handling. Though air freight companies [...]
Rail Freight
Need for more Road Rail Interchanges as Rail Freight increases
It is now estimated that around 25% of all imported goods arriving into ports in the UK are now delivered across the country by rail freight. There are reports of a continuing shift from using Lorries and road bearing vehicles to trains as an attractive method of delivery as increasing fuel prices together with improvements in the way cargo is managed makes road freight more expensive. Any future significant increase is said by the spokesman from the campaign group Freight on Rail to need infrastructure developments such as rail/road interchanges where goods can be transferred from rail to road and vice versa.
Companies researching providers of rail freight services need to look at the range of services provided by shipping companies for road and rail transshipment, whether these can manage a range of goods containers from conventional rail wagons to containers, swap bodies and tanks. Businesses often will require a full range of receipt and dispatch facilities, from loading to delivery. [Read More...]
Rail Freight Traffic increases
The UK Rail Network covers some 20,000 miles of track and is therefore in a strong competitive position in transportation. Rail Freight has increased year or year for the past seven years, and by about 50% over the last ten years. This is expected to continue to grow though there is a need for more high speed track for freight traffic.
The advantages of Rail Freight for business transportation include:
- Relieving road congestion – a freight train can remove up to 75 long distance lorries from the roads
- Freight express trains can travel at 100mph a speed and reliability that s superior to road transport
- Railfreight is more reliable alternative to road if road congestion gets worse [Read More...]
Vans
Van and a Man hire
Even if a company has a regular carrier for its business goods, or even their company vehicle, there are often times when another solution is needed. Van Hire is obviously an option for additional or one-off delivery needs but this requires use of existing staff who may well already have work schedules to follow, or [...]