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Terminal Transportation: What You Need to Know
This article explains what terminal transportation technologies are, along with their advantages and disadvantages. Terminal transportation allows carriers to reduce logistics costs. In some cases, it is indispensable when direct cargo transportation is impossible. For example, in the case of consolidated cargo, sorting, grouping, and disassembling can only be done in specially equipped locations – terminals.
Transportation of Packaged and Piece Goods
Packaged and piece goods can vary in size, and for their transportation, road or rail transport is used. Depending on the size of the cargo, consolidation is achieved through: Stacking into packages; Combining several units into one pallet; Packing into a single container. Other schemes may also be used.
What is a Container Ship?
In a broad sense, a container ship is any type of transport adapted for carrying large standard boxes—containers. However, most often, this term refers to water vessels.
Dry Cargo Ships – What Are They and What Types Exist?
Maritime and river transportation is an affordable and reliable way to deliver large volumes of goods. It is used where other options are impossible, and sometimes the sea route is faster and shorter than road, air, or rail transport. Despite the fact that the average speed of a dry cargo ship is 40, or at most 80 km/h, the absence of intermediate and sanitary stops makes such transportation cost-effective.