17-10-2022,
General Features of Our Freight Forwarding Services
Logitude freight forwarding software is available through four plans – Startup, Economy, Business, and First Class.
These plans offer exceptional flexibility, enabling freight forwarding clients of all sizes and need to harness our state-of-the-art technologies, delivering superior customer convenience, scalability, security, and functionality.
Affordable Booking Software for Air & Logistics Freight Service
Globally, air freight forwarders and logistics freight forwarding companies of all kinds choose Logitude to optimize their operations, maximizing efficiency and reducing costs.
The startup is ideal for smaller operations, or companies who want to see how Logitude’s freight booking system can make their business more efficient and effective, before choosing a plan with more features and capabilities.
The economy is a step up from Startup, representing a full freight booking system with Email Documents & Reports, Document Printouts, Invoicing, Profit/Loss Analysis, and Business Tools.
Business is our most popular plan, providing everything you need for effective freight forwarding. In addition to all Economy features, the Business package means that users get functionality for Quotes, Vendor Invoices, Customer Collection and Balance, External Documents Archives, Shared Logistics with Customers, and Free Customization.
First Class is our most comprehensive plan, offering all the features of Business, but with CRM and Outlook Connection features – enabling you to harmonize your business.
Understanding ocean freight – and what it means for your business
In short, ocean freight is the method of transporting often large loads of goods by sea – putting cargo in large containers which are loaded onto vessels.
Over 90% of all the world’s trade is carried by sea – and even more in some countries. As a general rule, shipments weighing more than 100kg – or consisting of multiple cartons – will be sent by sea freight. Some further restrictions apply to certain goods from country to country, but most items are allowed.
Getting to know the players – and taking your time
The ocean freight market is home to a number of carriers. These are the companies that own the vessels and containers that can carry your cargo.
Twill is an innovation of Maersk and we're able to call on that 115 years of experience to best ocean freight service ;for our customers – getting their freight on the best routes at the right price. With our instant rates, you get all costs upfront too, meaning there are no surprises when your cargo reaches its destination!
But as you can imagine, getting all those containers across the sea takes some time. Exactly how long depends on various factors – including where you're shipping it to and from and the type of shipment. There are several steps that goods go through before they reach a vessel and before they arrive at their destination. You can usually add a week's time on either end of the process.
If it can travel by sea, why not air?
Well, there are a few reasons – largely to do with capacity and cost. While air freight is often faster and a bit more reliable (as you're not at the mercy of the sea!) it's also more expensive – sometimes four or five times more expensive.
Ocean freight takes more time, but it's far cheaper and there are fewer restrictions on shipping hazardous cargo. On top of that, there's much greater capacity for the price you pay. One container can hold 10,000 beer bottles for example!
Ultimately, you want to pick the best route for your cargo – and when it comes to ocean freight, we can help. Choose Twill to get your ocean freight going.
Air Freight Services
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UPS Air Freight services ;are ideal for larger shipments that may or may not require a pallet. In some cases, you can include other services, such as pickup, collection, delivery, and customs clearance for convenient shipping.
Take a look at the following services to determine your air freight needs.
UPS Air Freight Direct
Combine speed, flexibility, and value with our global airport-to-airport service available worldwide
Send and receive freight worldwide
Ideal for shipments over 150 pounds
Convenient and easy shipment processing for palletized and non-palletized freight
Optional services include pickup, delivery, and customs clearance. Day-specific scheduling, door-to-door service, with delivery within one to three days available in more than 50 countries and territories
Door-to-door service with routine customs clearance included
Ideal for shipments over 150 pounds
Convenient and easy shipment processing for palletized and non-palletized freight
UPS Air Freight Consolidated
Day-definite airport-to-airport service available worldwide
Optional services include collection, delivery, and customs clearance for your convenience
What is an overseas warehouse? What are the common businesses in overseas warehouses?
Overseas warehouse ;refers to the storage facilities established overseas. In cross-border trade e-commerce, overseas warehouses refer to domestic enterprises transporting commodities to target market countries through bulk transportation, establishing warehouses and storing commodities locally, then, according to the local sales order, the one-stop control and management service of sorting, packaging, and distribution will be carried out directly from the local warehouse in a timely manner. ;
According to different operating subjects, overseas warehouses can be divided into 1. Self-operated overseas warehouses self-operated overseas warehouses mode refers to overseas warehouses built and operated by export cross-border e-commerce enterprises, it is a logistics model that only provides logistics services such as warehousing and distribution for the goods sold by the enterprise, that is, the entire cross-border e-commerce logistics system is controlled by the export cross-border e-commerce enterprise itself. 2. Third-party public service overseas warehouse refers to an overseas warehouse built and operated by a third-party logistics enterprise and can provide customs clearance and warehousing quality inspection for many export cross-border e-commerce enterprises, the logistics mode of receiving orders, sorting orders, multi-channel delivery, follow-up transportation, and other logistics services means that the entire cross-border e-commerce logistics system is controlled by third-party logistics enterprises. ;
What are the common businesses in overseas warehouses? 1. In short, the seller sends the bulk stocking products from the country to the overseas warehouse abroad, and then the staff of the overseas warehouse counts the shelves. When a buyer places an order, the seller only needs to issue the delivery instruction in the overseas warehouse system, and the warehouse personnel will realize local delivery in foreign countries according to the instruction. 2. If there is a problem with the seller's account or the label is wrong, the goods need to be sent to the overseas warehouse for replacement and re-sale. 3. The most common situation of transfer is to combine FBA with third-party overseas warehouses, first store goods in overseas warehouses, and regularly or irregularly transfer them (Replenishment) FBA, while shipping from FBA, while shipping from overseas warehouses 4. Handling value-added services such as return and exchange
Rail Freight Logistics Services: What to Know & How to Get Most Value
Rail transport service ;has a rich history of driving this country's economic growth by moving freight across North America, yet it is not front of mind as an option in today's fast-moving logistics and supply chain industry. ; ;
As such, rail transport service has been left behind in the way many people think of today's logistics and supply chain optimization, whether currently using rail service or not. ; ;
Rail Logistics Service
Rail transport service focuses on efficiently moving bulk material across great distances over the railroads’ vast network of tracks running throughout North America. ; Since rail service has to stay on the tracks, they can only move between rail-served buildings or yards specific for the bulk freight is intended to handle.
Unlike intermodal, rail service is not a direct competitor to truckload on price or transit. ; The service is much different and therefore not for everyone, but when it is a fit for bulk material, there are tremendous cost savings.
The challenge for most companies that could potentially take advantage of the service is that the freight is required to move from one rail-sided building to another, which are few and far between because of the cost and the logistics required to run the tracks off the mainline to a rail sided building. This situation can be overcome by aligning with any number of logistics companies that can provide cross-docking services to move the freight from a truck into rail equipment.
Logitude freight forwarding software is available through four plans – Startup, Economy, Business, and First Class.
These plans offer exceptional flexibility, enabling freight forwarding clients of all sizes and need to harness our state-of-the-art technologies, delivering superior customer convenience, scalability, security, and functionality.
Affordable Booking Software for Air & Logistics Freight Service
Globally, air freight forwarders and logistics freight forwarding companies of all kinds choose Logitude to optimize their operations, maximizing efficiency and reducing costs.
The startup is ideal for smaller operations, or companies who want to see how Logitude’s freight booking system can make their business more efficient and effective, before choosing a plan with more features and capabilities.
The economy is a step up from Startup, representing a full freight booking system with Email Documents & Reports, Document Printouts, Invoicing, Profit/Loss Analysis, and Business Tools.
Business is our most popular plan, providing everything you need for effective freight forwarding. In addition to all Economy features, the Business package means that users get functionality for Quotes, Vendor Invoices, Customer Collection and Balance, External Documents Archives, Shared Logistics with Customers, and Free Customization.
First Class is our most comprehensive plan, offering all the features of Business, but with CRM and Outlook Connection features – enabling you to harmonize your business.
Understanding ocean freight – and what it means for your business
In short, ocean freight is the method of transporting often large loads of goods by sea – putting cargo in large containers which are loaded onto vessels.
Over 90% of all the world’s trade is carried by sea – and even more in some countries. As a general rule, shipments weighing more than 100kg – or consisting of multiple cartons – will be sent by sea freight. Some further restrictions apply to certain goods from country to country, but most items are allowed.
Getting to know the players – and taking your time
The ocean freight market is home to a number of carriers. These are the companies that own the vessels and containers that can carry your cargo.
Twill is an innovation of Maersk and we're able to call on that 115 years of experience to best ocean freight service ;for our customers – getting their freight on the best routes at the right price. With our instant rates, you get all costs upfront too, meaning there are no surprises when your cargo reaches its destination!
But as you can imagine, getting all those containers across the sea takes some time. Exactly how long depends on various factors – including where you're shipping it to and from and the type of shipment. There are several steps that goods go through before they reach a vessel and before they arrive at their destination. You can usually add a week's time on either end of the process.
If it can travel by sea, why not air?
Well, there are a few reasons – largely to do with capacity and cost. While air freight is often faster and a bit more reliable (as you're not at the mercy of the sea!) it's also more expensive – sometimes four or five times more expensive.
Ocean freight takes more time, but it's far cheaper and there are fewer restrictions on shipping hazardous cargo. On top of that, there's much greater capacity for the price you pay. One container can hold 10,000 beer bottles for example!
Ultimately, you want to pick the best route for your cargo – and when it comes to ocean freight, we can help. Choose Twill to get your ocean freight going.
Air Freight Services
Share
UPS Air Freight services ;are ideal for larger shipments that may or may not require a pallet. In some cases, you can include other services, such as pickup, collection, delivery, and customs clearance for convenient shipping.
Take a look at the following services to determine your air freight needs.
UPS Air Freight Direct
Combine speed, flexibility, and value with our global airport-to-airport service available worldwide
Send and receive freight worldwide
Ideal for shipments over 150 pounds
Convenient and easy shipment processing for palletized and non-palletized freight
Optional services include pickup, delivery, and customs clearance. Day-specific scheduling, door-to-door service, with delivery within one to three days available in more than 50 countries and territories
Door-to-door service with routine customs clearance included
Ideal for shipments over 150 pounds
Convenient and easy shipment processing for palletized and non-palletized freight
UPS Air Freight Consolidated
Day-definite airport-to-airport service available worldwide
Optional services include collection, delivery, and customs clearance for your convenience
What is an overseas warehouse? What are the common businesses in overseas warehouses?
Overseas warehouse ;refers to the storage facilities established overseas. In cross-border trade e-commerce, overseas warehouses refer to domestic enterprises transporting commodities to target market countries through bulk transportation, establishing warehouses and storing commodities locally, then, according to the local sales order, the one-stop control and management service of sorting, packaging, and distribution will be carried out directly from the local warehouse in a timely manner. ;
According to different operating subjects, overseas warehouses can be divided into 1. Self-operated overseas warehouses self-operated overseas warehouses mode refers to overseas warehouses built and operated by export cross-border e-commerce enterprises, it is a logistics model that only provides logistics services such as warehousing and distribution for the goods sold by the enterprise, that is, the entire cross-border e-commerce logistics system is controlled by the export cross-border e-commerce enterprise itself. 2. Third-party public service overseas warehouse refers to an overseas warehouse built and operated by a third-party logistics enterprise and can provide customs clearance and warehousing quality inspection for many export cross-border e-commerce enterprises, the logistics mode of receiving orders, sorting orders, multi-channel delivery, follow-up transportation, and other logistics services means that the entire cross-border e-commerce logistics system is controlled by third-party logistics enterprises. ;
What are the common businesses in overseas warehouses? 1. In short, the seller sends the bulk stocking products from the country to the overseas warehouse abroad, and then the staff of the overseas warehouse counts the shelves. When a buyer places an order, the seller only needs to issue the delivery instruction in the overseas warehouse system, and the warehouse personnel will realize local delivery in foreign countries according to the instruction. 2. If there is a problem with the seller's account or the label is wrong, the goods need to be sent to the overseas warehouse for replacement and re-sale. 3. The most common situation of transfer is to combine FBA with third-party overseas warehouses, first store goods in overseas warehouses, and regularly or irregularly transfer them (Replenishment) FBA, while shipping from FBA, while shipping from overseas warehouses 4. Handling value-added services such as return and exchange
Rail Freight Logistics Services: What to Know & How to Get Most Value
Rail transport service ;has a rich history of driving this country's economic growth by moving freight across North America, yet it is not front of mind as an option in today's fast-moving logistics and supply chain industry. ; ;
As such, rail transport service has been left behind in the way many people think of today's logistics and supply chain optimization, whether currently using rail service or not. ; ;
Rail Logistics Service
Rail transport service focuses on efficiently moving bulk material across great distances over the railroads’ vast network of tracks running throughout North America. ; Since rail service has to stay on the tracks, they can only move between rail-served buildings or yards specific for the bulk freight is intended to handle.
Unlike intermodal, rail service is not a direct competitor to truckload on price or transit. ; The service is much different and therefore not for everyone, but when it is a fit for bulk material, there are tremendous cost savings.
The challenge for most companies that could potentially take advantage of the service is that the freight is required to move from one rail-sided building to another, which are few and far between because of the cost and the logistics required to run the tracks off the mainline to a rail sided building. This situation can be overcome by aligning with any number of logistics companies that can provide cross-docking services to move the freight from a truck into rail equipment.