Road shipment

Land freight is a cheap, popular, and oldest method of transporting goods and commercial and passenger products inside and outside the borders of a country and is highly accepted in many countries. The existence of highways and local roads, access to rail networks in all places, the existence of infrastructure and equipment required for road construction, road safety and necessary standards in road construction, as well as the existence of land transport companies, are important options in the prosperity of this business.

This method is commonly used to carry large items that are not time-sensitive. Ground freight transfer requires an average time of about 10 days and the time and cost of transportation depend on the distance between the two points.

The services of land transport companies are not limited to sending goods to the destination point and also include other services such as warehousing, unloading and loading, performing customs formalities, and transporting special cargo.

Usually, people use the land transportation method to move goods, which has heavy and bulky goods, but they are not of high value. Lack of access to open waters can also be another cause. These people use land transportation to transport food, electronics, sanitary ware, etc.

Types of land movement methods:

Road

Vehicles such as trucks and trailers are commonly used by land transport companies to move cargo and use buses to transport passengers.

Railroad

Rail transportation is the safest and environmentally safest method of transportation, which has many advantages overland transportation. Land transportation companies have the ability to move heavy and bulky goods.

Land – Sea

This method is used to transport large amounts of cargo or a large number of passengers. Cargo transfer and the use of land-water transport is the cheapest and oldest type of transportation.

The advantages of this type of transportation

• Higher speed than air transport
• Lower packaging cost
• Need less capital
• Door-to-door service
• Door-to-door service
• Suitable for short routes with limited sea and air access