Transportation Logistics and warehousing transportation

Welcome to my blog!  fortunate to work in the industry of Logistics and Freight forwarding in Chennai, India for over 18 years. My blog shall cover major topics likeAir Freight, Sea/Ocean Freight, Ware housing, Role of transportation in the industry, General Logistics Management and Customs House brokerage.

In today’s post I shall be discussing why the olden days of Freight Forwarder has gone to become a Freight Logistics Provider. They both have any difference? Oh Yes, in many ways. Freight forwarders were architects for different modes oftransports. They would typically embrace the “do it all by yourself” attitude. In this process they would lose focus on their core competency of providing uncompromising forwarding service to the clients. On the other hand a Freight Logistics Provider would rather provide a range of value added logistics service by collaborating with multiple agencies that are typically masters in their field. They would enable and use the power of Information Technology to provide information that is critical to the clients in knowing the status of their cargo. For this modern communication techniques like SMS and email are used in their quest to keep the clients informed.

By saying “collaborating with multiple agencies….”, do I mean that we need to outsource certain functions in the process. Yes, indeed. Why should one outsource? Outsourcing comes with a huge advantage of utilizing other professional expertise at a fraction of cost that one might otherwise spend to acquire that expertise. It is as simple as that. If I am good in Forwarding, then I would rather tie-up with professionalwarehousing companies, transportation companies etc, and would manage the forwarding rather focused. That is the power of outsourcing.

Where there is a chance of doing freight forwarding on a truly global scale, one has to rely on other vendors in the other country for a better grip of the market and formalities / regularities specific to the country where the cargo is being forwarded.

Warehousing Chennai

Warehouse is a commercial space that is used to store goods by exporters, importers, customs 

houses, transporters, manufacturers etc. The business of providing with warehouse facility is 

termed as warehousing. Warehousing is a necessary component in the supply chain as a safe and 

secure place is necessary for storage of goods. Warehouses normally are equipped with storage 

systems like racks, modules and carousels; and moving systems like cranes, forklifts etc. 

 

 

 

   At Shanson, services we offer include Airfreight, Sea Freight, International Couriers, 

 

Logistics, Warehousing, Multimodal Transport, Consultancy, Customer House Brokerage and 

 

Unaccompanied Baggage services.  

 

Our service is characterized by Diligent Customs documentation & Insurance, Safe 

 

transportation of your goods, Secured warehousing of your goods, Cargo Space at most 

 

competitive rates, Excellent rapport with airlines, State of the art communication facilities 

 

in tracking your shipment, On Time delivery of your shipment, Tailor made service to individual 

 

customers and Superior Customer experience.

 

Our professional team with unmatched qualities is just a phone call away waiting to serve you. 

 

Our skill, dedication and thorough awareness of procedures ensure that your shipments are  

 

treated with extra care from the moment they are picked and delivered.

 

      

Warehousing

Warehousing is quite often thought of just storing and transporting goods from one place to another. Not really. It is something more than that. It can help build third world economies to a great extent. Now look at one great problem that plagues third world countries. Lack of proper storage for agricultural commodities! Agricultural produces are highly perishable and require special cold storage warehousing and cold storage transportation to take them to market.

 

Warehousing in India with respect to agricultural produce storing has still not taken off while it should have, given its large population and an economy largely based on agriculture. As a matter of fact Agricultural Finance Sub-Committee and the Rural Banking Enquiry Committee constituted before 50 years emphasized that warehousing in India is a pre-requisite for banking penetration. But unfortunately even after half a century this simple thought of setting up cold storage and modern warehousing has not been scaled up.

 

The greatest advantages of having agricultural warehouses are

 

1)       The huge wastages of agricultural products that occur due to improper storage can be avoided and can result in better returns for farmers.

 

2)       A successful implementation of cold storage and warehousing in rural hubs can facilitate agricultural product pricing in the future by government agencies.

 

3)       The rising food prices and inflation can be contained to some extent owing to better management of food resource. This factor assumes greater significance owing to an unprecedented increase in inflation.

 

Warehouse Chennai can be implemented in cities like Chennai, all district capitals, Kodaikanal, Oddanchatram (which has the largest vegetable wholesale market in Tamil Nadu). Warehouse India can be implemented in all State capitals, Nagpur, Other town where agricultural products are easily procured, stored and can be transported to different parts of the country.

 

In my opinion a robust warehousing plan for rural India helps true economic development. Any development that is inclusive and kind of embraces all players in the society creates a more stable society. So let us contribute to our economy by creating large, much needed warehouses.

Unaccompanied Baggage

Airlines have strict rules on the weight of baggage that can be carried by passengers while 

they travel. Airlines traveling from Indian to destinations in Europe, Middle East, Far East 

and other Asian countries allow only 23 kgs per passenger as free allowance baggage. Airlines 

flying trans Atlantic allow a maximum of 64 kgs per passenger as free allowance baggage. 

Anything carried as extra attracts Excess Baggage charges which are prohibitively higher. In 

order to save money on this, one can preplan their baggage before traveling and can opt for 

Unaccompanied Baggage services, often termed as UB services. In this customers can set aside 

the excess baggage and can take the help of any freight forwarders who are in the business of 

providing UB services.

 

 

                   At Shanson, services we offer include Airfreight, Sea Freight, International Couriers, 

 

Logistics, Warehousing, Multimodal Transport, Consultancy, Customer House Brokerage and 

 

Unaccompanied Baggage services.  

 

Our service is characterized by Diligent Customs documentation & Insurance, Safe 

 

transportation of your goods, Secured warehousing of your goods, Cargo Space at most 

 

competitive rates, Excellent rapport with airlines, State of the art communication facilities 

 

in tracking your shipment, On Time delivery of your shipment, Tailor made service to individual 

 

customers and Superior Customer experience.

    

Our professional team with unmatched qualities is just a phone call away waiting to serve you. 

 

Our skill, dedication and thorough awareness of procedures ensure that your shipments are 

 

treated with extra care from the moment they are picked and delivered.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warehousing

Warehouse is a commercial space that is used to store goods by exporters, importers, customs 

houses, transporters, manufacturers etc. The business of providing with warehouse facility is 

termed as warehousing. Warehousing is a necessary component in the supply chain as a safe and 

secure place is necessary for storage of goods. Warehouses normally are equipped with storage 

systems like racks, modules and carousels; and moving systems like cranes, forklifts etc. 

 

 

 

   At Shanson, services we offer include Airfreight, Sea Freight, International Couriers, 

 

Logistics, Warehousing, Multimodal Transport, Consultancy, Customer House Brokerage and 

 

Unaccompanied Baggage services.  

 

Our service is characterized by Diligent Customs documentation & Insurance, Safe 

 

transportation of your goods, Secured warehousing of your goods, Cargo Space at most 

 

competitive rates, Excellent rapport with airlines, State of the art communication facilities 

 

in tracking your shipment, On Time delivery of your shipment, Tailor made service to individual 

 

customers and Superior Customer experience.

 

Our professional team with unmatched qualities is just a phone call away waiting to serve you. 

 

Our skill, dedication and thorough awareness of procedures ensure that your shipments are  

 

treated with extra care from the moment they are picked and delivered.

    

Air Freight

Airfreight is a vital component in international trade which has become essential in the 

current globalized economy. It has given impetus to world trade and has reduced the critical 

parameter of time. With the advent of airfreight it is very much possible to transport 

consignments that are highly perishable in nature, to distant lands. Airfreight are operated by 

dedicated cargo carriers like FedEx, UPS Airlines and some are subsidiaries of larger passenger 

airlines like Lufhansa Cargo, Singapore Airlines Cargo, Air India Cargo etc.

 

 

 

   At Shanson, services we offer include Airfreight, Sea Freight, International Couriers, 

 

Logistics, Warehousing, Multimodal Transport, Consultancy, Customer House Brokerage and 

 

Unaccompanied Baggage services.  

 

Our service is characterized by Diligent Customs documentation & Insurance, Safe 

 

transportation of your goods, Secured warehousing of your goods, Cargo Space at most 

 

competitive rates, Excellent rapport with airlines, State of the art communication facilities 

 

in tracking your shipment, On Time delivery of your shipment, Tailor made service to individual 

 

customers and Superior Customer experience.

 

Our professional team with unmatched qualities is just a phone call away waiting to serve you. 

 

Our skill, dedication and thorough awareness of procedures ensure that your shipments are 

 

treated with extra care from the moment they are picked and delivered.

 

Consultancy

Advising the exporter, importer, manufacturer or transporter on matters of logistics, 

transportation, supply chain, warehousing, customs procedures, etc constitutes consulting in 

the Freight forwarding business. This consulting comes in handy for the concerned who would 

want to carry on with their business routine without soiling their hands into the nitty-gritty 

of the formalities and procedures, which is time consuming and deviates the businessmen from 

their core business -model. 

 

   At Shanson, services we offer include Airfreight, Sea Freight, International Couriers, 

 

Logistics, Warehousing, Multimodal Transport, Consultancy, Customer House Brokerage and 

 

Unaccompanied Baggage services.  

 

Our service is characterized by Diligent Customs documentation & Insurance, Safe 

 

transportation of your goods, Secured warehousing of your goods, Cargo Space at most 

 

competitive rates, Excellent rapport with airlines, State of the art communication facilities 

 

in tracking your shipment, On Time delivery of your shipment, Tailor made service to individual 

 

customers and Superior Customer experience.

 

Our professional team with unmatched qualities is just a phone call away waiting to serve you. 

 

Our skill, dedication and thorough awareness of procedures ensure that your shipments are 

 

treated with extra care from the moment they are picked and delivered.

 

 

 

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