{"id":3212,"date":"2014-09-04T16:17:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T21:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2014-09-04T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T21:17:27","slug":"consolidating-us-bound-cargo-advantages-disadvantages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/2014\/09\/04\/consolidating-us-bound-cargo-advantages-disadvantages\/","title":{"rendered":"Consolidating your US bound cargo \u2013 Advantages and Disadvantages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/containers-at-port.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1080\" src=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/containers-at-port-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"containers at port\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/containers-at-port-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/supfrt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/containers-at-port-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Consolidating your US bound cargo \u2013 Advantages and Disadvantages<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">There comes a point in every business cycle when you review your shipping procedures to identify potential cost savings.\u00a0 If you frequently import smaller shipments (say 1-10 pallets), you may be able to see a benefit to arranging your freight in a direct consolidation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">With a direct consolidation you would accumulate multiple shipments at a warehouse at origin in order to fill a full container.\u00a0 You could then ship the full container with multiple shipments directly to your facility.\u00a0 The major advantage is that this allows you to take advantage of the economy of scale with respect to your ocean freight charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">At the same time, there are disadvantages to this shipping method.\u00a0 One drawback is that if your consolidated container is flagged for examination by US Customs, every single shipment will go under examination rather than just the one flagged for exam.\u00a0 You may also face issues with supplier\/vendor payment terms as well as inventory procedures until you can get your direct consolidation plan in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">We at Superior Freight Services, Inc. move multiple direct consolidations for our customers. \u00a0We would be more than happy to review your shipping practices and determine what benefit this could bring to your supply chain operations and more importantly, the bottom line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">Please contact us at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:superior@supfrt.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">superior@supfrt.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\"> or by phone at 952-854-5053.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consolidating your US bound cargo \u2013 Advantages and Disadvantages There comes a point in every business cycle when you review your shipping procedures to identify potential cost savings.\u00a0 If you frequently import smaller shipments (say 1-10 pallets), you may be able to see a benefit to arranging your freight in a direct consolidation. \u00a0 With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[24,3],"tags":[28,110],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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