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6.International Road freight - Coggle Diagram
6.International Road freight
Characteristics
Advantages
Service in rural areas
Feeder to other modes of transport
Less capital outlay
Tracking
Flexible service
Door to door service
Saving in packing costs
Disadvantages
High costs compared with the other modes of transport
Lack of organization
Unsuitable for long distance and bulky traffic
Exceed of out sourcing and intermediates
Accidents and breakdowns
Seasonal Nature
Driving
Types of vehicles
Flat bet Trailer
Tilt trailer
Low loaders
Curtain slide
Closed box
Road Train
Swap body
Licenses
Authorisations for drivers
CAP
Driving license
ADR/ATP licenses
Diagram discs or tickets
Certificate of activities
Drivers card
International licenses
Community licenses
Certified copies
Office copy
Standar International operators licenese
Documents related to the carriage:
certificate of origin
Insurance
Packing list
Commercial invoice
The carrier
Driving time and rest periods
max 9 h except twice a week 11h
56h a weekmax / 90h fornightly
Daily rest period 11h/ 9h 3times a week
weekly rest 45h/24h every second week
after4,5h driving, 45 min of break it could be divided in and 30 min
All controlled by the tacograph
CMR
Consigment note (CMR)
Consignor is the responsible of fullfiil it
One consigment note for each ship
The sign of the recipient is important to the carrier because the carrier prove with this sign the deleivery of the goods for justify the paiments for its services
The absence of the signature don´t invalid the transport contract
Characteristics
Right of disposal of the goods (The consignor can change the delivery adress)
Impractical carriage (the carrier can sale the goods if perishable and the consignee don´t accept it or/and the custody is less cheap than the goods and it have risk.
Proof and safekeeping of the documents
Evidentiari function
Obligations
Taking over the goods
Preservating the goods during the voyage
carry the merchandise in a suitable transport and deliver it to the holder of the consignment note
The main obligation of the carrier under international contract of carriage is to deliver the
goods to their destination in the condition in which they were handed over to him.
Classification
liberalized
Generic enabling
Specific authorization (Bilateral or multilateral)
Services
FTL
− Best way to transport large shipments
− Ideal for high risk or delicate freight shipments
− Shipment remains in the same truck from point A to point B
− Considerably fast
LTL
Cost effective freight transportation
Ideal for small businesses
Courier
Insurance
CMR insurance mandatory but
seguro complementario 4/6%+ 12-15€/kg (Higly recommended)
8.33SDR/KG