Discuss the types of a cargo to be shipped by air transport

Discuss the types of a cargo to be shipped by air transport

Discuss the types of a cargo to be shipped by air transport. In your answer, you should identify which cargo and give three supporting reasons. Link your reasons to the characteristics of the cargo its demand and distribution.

Undeniably, any person can attest to the limited time taken by a flight to relocate from one place to the next. Air transport remains one of the fastest mode of transport on earth compared to their modes such as road and railway. The fastness in air transport tends to dictate the type of cargo to be transported through this means. Highly perishable goods constitutes the first category of goods fitting air transport. This is because such good ought to reach the market while fresh. For instance, flowers and fruits have to be transported through air because any little time taken in their transportation would lead to a great loss. Secondly, highly valuable goods can only be transported through air. For instance, transportation of pure refined gold from one place to the next would require air transport to limit loss of goods to thieves who might be eyeing for the products. Moreover, medicine is not an exception when mention goods to be transported through air. The urgency as well as demand of medicines in the world require fast and efficient transportation from manufacture to consumers. According to examples of goods mentioned above, they all have high demand as well as the need of efficient distribution.  This implies demand and distribution of a product dictates its level of urgency and thus need for fast transportation such as air transport.

Identify the type of cargo shown above that you would not recommend to be shipped by transport? Why?

I would not recommend transportation toys. The description for purpose of the toys defines low demand as well as less urgency of products. Thus, it would come last in the list of goods to be transported through air.

 

IATA e-fright was launched with the aim of taking the paper out of air cargo. As a freight forwarder, you can take advantage of e-freight. Comment on three benefits of e-fright

Lowers cost: e-freight eliminates the dominance of handling a lot of a paper work as well as processing of the entire cost. Besides, e-freight has its own distinct method of saving calculator that aids in calculating a company savings after suing e-fright services.

High service delivery: e-freight encompasses minimal cycle time of an average of 24 hours. This is contrary to other services, as they tend to take more cycle time. Thus, comparing e-freight with other services, its service delivery tends to be the most reliable and fast required by mist companies.

It improves reliability and accuracy: application of technology in the data entry of goods received hastens the time taken to use the e-freight. Besides, technology aids in serving many customers within the little time possible. This contract to the manual data entry offered by other shipment companies. Besides, I the current society people tend to appreciate application of technology in doing task compared to manually operated tasks.