Transloading is a crucial component of logistics that involves transferring a shipment from one means of transportation to another. The benefit of transloading is faster delivery time, affordable delivery rates, and added supply chain flexibility.
While incorporating transloading tactics into your supply chain is a good idea, it is often easier said than done. With so many moving parts organizing transloading means for each shipment becomes extremely challenging.
Technology Plays a Crucial Part in Transloading
When your shipments are moving from one location to another through multiple means of transportation, product visibility is of the utmost importance. Our custom-built inventory tracking software allows you to track real-time information on your shipments, creating more transparency between you and your customers.
The Right Logistics Partner Makes a Massive Difference
Managing transloading extends well past the warehouse software used to track the flow of inventory. An efficient transloading process is always scouring for lower transit rates and involves consolidating shipments from trucks to rail or ocean carriers to minimize delays and costs.
Overseeing every aspect of transloading is extremely time-consuming and without experience and connections, can quickly become a nightmare for businesses. Instead of taking on the process alone, work with an experienced transloading provider for immediate success.
At 18 Wheels Logistics, we have over 30 years of experience, 10 acres of storage land, and 700,000 SF of covered storage area with ground-level access for transloading shipments in Vancouver and across North America. Outsource your transloading needs to our team, and we can help you save money and time on all your shipments.
For over 30 years, 18 Wheels Logistics has strived to be the most customer-centric trucking, warehousing, and logistics company around. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 18 Wheels relies on experience and integrity to make customers happy and remain on the cutting edge of shipping and logistics management.
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