Groupage cargo transportation
Groupage shipments are various piece goods that are combined into one delivery. They can be together in the transport block. Very often the term “groupage cargo” includes the optimization of transportation by combining different deliveries from different senders and different recipients in one cargo to a specific point of arrival.
Since the intended goods, combined in the cargo, differ significantly from each other, and do not come from one sender and do not go to one client. Therefore, companies that deal with groupage cargo often have to repackage the goods themselves, since each delivered item requires a special approach.
An example of transportation of groupage cargo
A general example can illustrate this process. Various clients in the region hire a shipping company to deliver their goods to their intended clients. The transport company collects these various piece or groupage cargo, combined into one.
Further, groupage cargo is sorted by destination. The company places pre-sorted loads on trucks or other types of vehicles and delivers them to the nearest central network in the region. Arriving there, the groupage goods are again divided into piece goods and are then combined into new groupage shipments so that delivery to the addressees is as efficient as possible. At the last stage, vehicles deliver groupage cargo to their intended customers’ homes.
What are the benefits of this type of cargo delivery
The most important advantage of this transport system is that it allows you to minimize transport routes and costs for both prospective sellers and buyers. That is, it turns out that the amount of delivery is paid only partially by each seller or client. Sellers do not need to hire an entire car in order to deliver one item to the intended destination. And this is very beneficial financially for each of the parties.
Transportation of groupage cargo does not necessarily involve only one company. Often this process does not do without the help of a supplier or courier. Consequently, a groupage cargo company must have an agreement with suppliers and couriers, which allows it to cooperate on a legal basis.
The advantages of groupage cargo transportation include:
- the efficiency of transport deliveries;
- low, reliable cost;
- correct division of piece goods;
- targeted delivery of even small volumes.
The transportation of various types of goods, combined in groupage cargo, is the main part of the modern delivery industry. Skillful use of your own skills, as well as optimization of routes, can save significant costs and minimize transport routes.
In turn, however, professional and error-free planning is necessary, which ensures and purposefully dispatches all groupage shipments at the right time in the required quantity and to the correct address of the intended customer. Accordingly, it is necessary to agree on the place of destination, quantity / volume, weight of the goods and the date of delivery in such a way that upon arrival at the place of delivery, it would be possible to split groupage cargo into piece goods.
Disadvantages of groupage cargo
In addition to its many advantages, the transportation of goods by groupage cargo may include some disadvantages, for example:
- the work requires a large interregional network;
- the salary of a person involved in groupage cargo transportation is much less than that of his colleagues with regular deliveries of goods;
- the process of organizing the collection of goods is very laborious and time-consuming.
Despite the disadvantages, the benefits outweigh. Basically, the company assumes all the difficulties. The prospective customers can only wait for their goods to leave and arrive at their destination. Therefore, groupage cargo is necessary in the modern world. Groupage cargo has a huge variety of economic advantages and affordable costs.
Eastern European Express – delivery of groupage cargo to Ukraine
