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Modes of Transportation
Submittedd by :
Ranjeet Singh
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Transport companies are offering a wide selection of services to the customers
who are looking for shifting their products or goods to their desired destination
With the beginning of the cosmic era and with the increasing commercialization,
the demand for goods and products has been tremendously increasing from all
parts of the World. This means that the importance of transport companies is on
top.
They often provide different modes of transport facilities such as air, sea, road,
and rail.
Advantages of Air Transportation :
• Fastest for long distance deliveries
• Customer perception is high, easy for order fulfillment
• Very safe mode of transport
• Reduces lead time on suppliers
• Improved service levels
Disadvantages of Air Transportation:
• Risky
• Potential for flight delays and/or cancellations
• Customs and Excise restrictions
• Expensive vs. other modes
• Unsuitable for some goods,
• Limited routes, and inflexible timetables
• Environmental pollution
• Airport taxes
Advantages of Sea Transportation:
• Ideal for transporting heavy and bulky goods
• Suitable for products with long lead times
• Cheap for large volumes
Disadvantages of Sea Transportation:
•Very slow, longer lead/delivery times
•Difficult to monitor exact location of goods in transit
• Customs and Excise restrictions
•Could be costly
• Inflexible routes and timetables
•Port duty/taxes
•Requires inland transportation for door-to-door delivery
Advantages of Rail Transportation:
•Fast delivery
•Capacity
•Cost effective
•Safe mode of transport
•Reliable
•More environmentally friendly than alternatives
Disadvantages of Rail Transportation:
•Potential of damages, from shunting
•Subject to unforeseen delays
•Reliance on rail freight operator's timetable
Suppliers/customers are not always located near a rail freight depot and delivery
to/from the depot can be costly and time consuming
•Limited routes, inflexible routes and timetables
Advantages of Road Transportation:
Cost effective
Fast delivery, Ideal for short distances
Ideal for transporting perishables
Easy to monitor location of goods
Easy to communicate with driver
Ideal for sending by courier shortages to customers
Private
Disadvantages of Road Transportation
Transport subject to traffic delays
Transport subject to breakdown
Goods susceptible to damage through careless driving
Bad weather
Driving regulations can cause delays
Pollutes the environment
Less safe than alternatives
Can be expensive where there are congestion or road charges
It is advisable to decide before you investigate a transport company what type of
services you are looking for. Some of the common types of services are door-to-door
, terminal-to-terminal transport, special car mover, and delivery to a specified
location.
Many transport companies are offering worldwide goods transportation solutions to
the individuals or business sectors. These companies specialize in reliable and
efficient. They always commit in sending damage-free products at the final
destination. Nefab is a leading transport company that offers different modes of
transport facilities for the customers' convenience around the World.
Method Advantages Disadvantages
Road Door to door, Noisy, pollutes the
convenient, flexible, environment, less safe
private than other options,
stressful for drivers,
potential delays, can be
expensive eg fuel
costs, congestion zone or
road charges
Rail Fast, safe, more Limited routes, inflexible
environmentally friendly routes and timetables,
than other options, does expensive, sometimes
not add to congestion unreliable
Air Fast for long distance Expensive, unsuitable for
deliveries, safe some goods, limited
routes, inflexible
timetables, pollutes the
environment, airport
taxes
Sea Cheap for large volumes Very slow, relatively few
ports, inflexible routes
and timetables, port duty
or taxes - requires inland
transportation for door-
to-door delivery,
environmental issues
associated with bulk
transportation
