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I'm trying to figure out how this is any different from standard LCL. You're just working with another shipper rather than a freight company arraigning it? If t
by pitaa 11y ago
I'm trying to figure out how this is any different from standard LCL. You're just working with another shipper rather than a freight company arraigning it? If that's the case, what's to stop the first guy that unloads from helping himself to some "free samples" of my goods? What ensures that the loads are balanced so the trucker doesn't have one axle overweight? What happens when the other guy's goods get stuck in customs for 2 weeks because he used the wrong HTS?
I'm all for a cheaper LCL option, but LCL is expensive for a reason. I'm interested to see how these guys plan to address the issues here.
- airfcl 11y agoHi pitaa, Thanks for your comments, all valid an need to be addressed by the service. LCL shipments usually consist of many different vendors and are very expensive and slow to despatch (waiting to consolidate) and deliver (unpacking the other end). What airfcl will allow you to do is 'hitch a ride' on a container with spare capacity on the same route. Less waiting time and less expensive. We are integrating a feedback/rating system to help with, amongst other things, possible pilfering by one of the importing companies. The loads will be balanced and rearranged if required at point of loading like any other shipment. Customs are always a problem, I've had goods held for weeks for no reason and you can get unlucky. Having said that, we'll integrate a tariff guide and make shipping stages/requirements very clear to all parties to make sure shipments clear customs cleanly. Please let me know of any other issues you've thought of, as they're v useful for development! Either here or jonathan at airfcl .com