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International Air Freight Services Should Be Selected Wisely

By Lelia Hall


In order to transport goods, people, products and services air transportation is of vital importance. With all the International Air Freight Services available it is now something that many take for granted. It is however a very involved process which covers the integration of information, inventory, warehousing as well as handling and packaging.

At UPS they deliver packages anywhere in Africa to Asia. This includes the Far East, South East and the subcontinents of Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They also cover the Pacific Islands and Australia as well as those in the Caribbean including Haiti and Trinidad and Central America, Europe, the Middle East, North America and South America.

Many are being customized so that their working lives can be extended. This involves taking out the glazed windows and replacing them with thick panels. The cabin floor is strengthened and a broad top hinged door is inserted on one side of the fuselage making for easier access. Once this process has been completed the aircraft will need to be re-certificated as a freighter. This whole process is naturally very costly and time consuming.

There is however another way of converting and that is by using any medium wide bodied Boeing or Airbus as there will be no need to strengthen the floor or add a large cargo door. The forward and astern doors will be used to load and unload with little problem. In order to move the containers from the lower to the upper deck a LCF platform lift will be used, it will also act as a part of the floor of the main deck during flight.

When importing they will deal with the customs clearance as well as having a thorough outline of all costing reports. They will provide locked warehousing as well as control and import procedure consulting. When exporting they offer door to door service with consolidated shipments. If any dangerous substances need to be transported they will do all the necessary paperwork to ensure safe delivery.

When deciding on which one to use it is best to take into consideration whether one is a business owner or an individual as well as what budget one has. Another very important factor to take into consideration is time. Air freight is of course much quicker then ocean but is quite expensive.

All the segmented safety nets and the Cargo Loading Systems will need to be added. Along the fuselage wall and full length cabin liner will need to be added. All lighting systems both in the lower holds and the main deck will be rewired.

With Ocean freight each article is charged by volume whereby with Air it is charged by weight. When going by aeroplane there are much fewer stops made unlike the ocean going. Both of them do however provide a tracking service where one can keep a record of where the parcels are at a specific time of day. Many people that are immigrating to another country find that shipping their contents is much more cost effective although it can take a few months to reach its destination.




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