The majority distances are covered using several means of transport, including Intercontinental shipping by sea. This type of forwarding has two significant advantages: the absence of restrictions on cargo parameters (technical equipment, bulk cargo and raw materials, food and industrial goods), as well as the affordable cost of the service.
Key and most sought-after routes include Russia, the CIS and Baltic States, Cyprus and many ports in the Black Sea. The freight forwarding company discusses the geography of deliveries with the customer.
The costs of such combined delivery services are high, but they can be minimized using multimodal schemes.
One of the greatest difficulties that cause increased attention of customers — tracking cargo throughout the entire route.
The client gets access to real time data on his order. The system allows you to find out the location of the cargo at any time, stages of clearance and other details.
On long-distance routes, the advantages of sea transportation are obvious. Shipping on water routes allows you to significantly reduce the distance due to the power of the shipping vessels. In sea transportation, there is no risk of getting stuck in traffic or looking for a by-pass of a repaired section.
In terms of cost, sea transportation is the most economical of all means of transport operating over long distances. Optimum traffic patterns allow you to reduce the price of sea freight worldwide. We are able to send goods of any size without restrictions as well.
PTLK makes arrangements for the chartering of shipping vessels, transshipment of cargo at the port, storage, tracking along the entire delivery route from the place of loading to the customer’s warehouse. After the documentation of the order, all further documentations at the stages of transportation falls on the employees of our company.
When importing goods into the Russian Federation, you can use:
The customer is not required to prepare the cargo for shipment in a special way. Sea transport is universal, as special containers facilitate the loading and offloading of goods, as well as their safety in transit. By the combination of all these characteristics, sea freight delivery is highly reliable from a technical, economic and legal point of view.
