Transito launched Total Freight, a new service combining sea freight and inland shipping under one contract.
“A seagoing vessel waits for an inland vessel, an inland vessel waits at the quay, and the terminal waits for paperwork. Those days end up with the cargo owner,” says Bas Weinberg, management and business development at Transito. “We arrange both vessels ourselves, so if one runs late, we move the other with it.”
Key takeaways:
· The service covers the sea voyage, port handling, transhipment and onward transport by inland vessel. Shippers receive one price per ton, one contract and one invoice for the entire movement. Within an agreed range, Transito also takes waiting time between the seagoing vessel and the inland vessel on its own account.
· The service addresses moving dry cargo from Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, Poland and northern Spain into the German and Dutch hinterland.
· Total Freight is aimed at industrial buyers and mid-sized traders without an in-house freight department, particularly companies shipping agribulk, building materials, fertilizers, minerals, recycling cargo and project cargo. Transito handles the movement from the overseas load port to the quay in the European hinterland.
· Total Freight is available in both directions, including cargo moving from the European hinterland to overseas destinations.
