Low Cost Freight Rates for Your Shipping Needs – Contact FreightGuru Company
The term “freight rate” can refer to two different rates, one for carrying cargo a set distance and the other for chartering a whole ship for a voyage. Shipping industry regulators require clear quotes on freight rates, and carriers follow standards and conventions when determining the rate they need to charge. A carrier can also selectively offer a promotional freight rate at a lesser cost in some settings.
In the case of carrying cargo, the carrier charges a freight rate based on the type and format of the cargo, the distance, and the amount of cargo. The rate per unit of weight tends to go down with large cargoes and long distances, as the carrier can make more money on these transactions than carrying small cargoes for short distances. Format can also be important, as some cargoes are easier to handle than others. Containerized and bulk packaging, for example, may have different freight rates.
Calculating Freight Rate
Freight rates are normally quoted on a port-to-port basis. When calculating your freight costs consider:
- Actual weight or volume weight of your consignment (quoted in cubic meters or tones)
- Mode of transport
- Weight of the pallet used to transport your units
- Loading and unloading costs involved in multimode transport
- Port or terminal fees
- Bill of lading (shipping documentation) fees
You may also incur additional charges relating to your terms of trade. These include:
- Cost of moving the goods to and from the port
- Handling the cargo
- Port costs
- Documentation
- Finance
Cut Freight Rates
There are a number of ways you can save on your freight rates. Use a multimode transport agreement – this will include the loading and unloading costs involved when changing modes of transport. Using a shipping association with others exporters to receive discounts
Find the lowest freight rates provided by carriers. Use the correct (smallest) containers. Check the minimum charge for freight (e.g. sea freight is usually 0.5-1.5 tones and airfreight usually 10-20kg)
Freight Guru’s Affordable Freight Rates
Businesses that are able to find a good freight company with good freight rates that can handle some or all of their freight shipments are usually well managed in all areas of their day-to-day operations. Finding the lowest freight rates will help keep down overall shipping costs and add to the profitability of companies that ship freight every day, every week or every month. It is quite important for any shipper that the freight they ship has fair freight rates and gets to its destination on time and without being damaged.
Freight Guru is able to handle small and large loads equally efficiently and do so as scheduled. Other factors in addition to low freight rates that are also the highlight of Freight Guru Company includes availability, reliability, delivery time, on-time delivery and how loss and damage claims are handled. Freight Guru Scores high on all these factors making it the best freight company in US.
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