Maritime Shipping Companies

Maritime (or sea, ocean) transportation includes the transportation of goods along the waterways. Maritime transportation is carried out using ships that transports goods across the seas, straits, oceans, rivers. Containers are often used for these types of long-distance transportations for storing goods, raw materials and fuel.

Maritime transportation is divided into FCL and LTL depending on the type of cargo loading.

• FCL: full load containers from a single shipper.
• LCL: groupage containers (partially loaded), which are filled with small consignments of goods from different shippers and travel as a part of one cargo.

Main advantages of maritime transportation:

• relatively low delivery costs;
• universality of cargo (you can transport diverse types cargo of any carrying capacity and any dimension);
• high level of security;
• the ability to load more cargo compared to other vehicles, which indicates a huge turnover.

Among the shortcomings, the following can be noted:

• low delivery speed;
• inability to deliver cargo on one ship to different regions;
• no hand-to-hand or door-to-door delivery;
• particular dependence on weather conditions;
• tariffs are fixed at the time of departure of the vessel, etc.