Cargo consolidation services

Freight consolidation is the process of combining several small loads into one large cargo for a more efficient transportation of disparate loads on one vehicle and in the same direction. Consolidating cargo allows you to reduce logistics costs and increase vehicle load. The process of cargo consolidation also includes accumulating cargo, sorting it in a warehouse and forming disparate cargo batches compatible with the general loading.

Benefits of cargo consolidation:

• Minimizing transportation costs. The customer only pays for the space in the cargo compartment of the vehicle for his freight;
• Using the space of the carrier's vehicle with maximum benefit and efficiency;
• Reducing the number of trips by eliminating transportation with half-empty vehicles;
• Saving time since there is no need to wait until the whole batch of goods is collected. Hence, it is possible to send goods as they are ready.

There is also a number of disadvantages of consolidating cargo:

• Incompatibility of some groups of goods for joint loading and transportation;
• Additional risks of cargo damage when forming consignments of goods for the shipment;
• In case there are questions about some freight, e.g. documents or packaging, there might be a delay in the delivery of the entire batch of consolidated cargo. This is especially noticeable during international transportation.