Cargomaster - Freight Transport

		Sea Freight When time is not the issue and you are looking to send heavyweight or bulky items overseas economically, Sea Freight may be the answer. Sea freight is the most cost-effective way to send your excess or unaccompanied baggage. You pay only for the cargo space your items occupy in a secure, sealed shipping container.

		Air Freight Air cargo is commonly known as freight. There are many firms which collect freight from a shipper and deliver it to the customer such as Nightfreight or UPS. Aircraft were first used for carrying mail as cargo in 1911, but eventually manufacturers started designing aircraft for freight as well. There are many commercial aircraft suitable for carrying cargo such as the Boeing 747 and the bigger An-124, which were purpose built to be easily converted to a cargo aircraft. Such very large aircraft also employ quick loading containers known as ULDs much like containerized cargo ships.

		Land Freight Land Freight covers both the transport of large containers by train or by road (trucks). Trains are capable of transporting large numbers of containers which have come off the shipping ports. Trains are used as they can pull a large amount and generally have a direct route to the destination. Under the right circumstances, freight transport by rail is more economic and energy efficient than by road, especially when carried in bulk or over long distances. The main disadvantage of rail freight is its lack of flexibility. For this reason, rail has lost much of the freight business to road transport. Many governments are now trying to encourage more freight onto trains, because of the environmental benefits that it would bring; rail transport is very energy efficient. Land or truck freight on the other hand is a very flexible solution, but a more limited shipment can be transported at a time (one or two containers at a time), and therefore very energy inefficient. Whereas trains use predefined routes, trucks can go anywhere, anytime, ideal for those hard to reach locations, and businesses with variable schedules. Road freight is often used to bridge the last gaps between more mass transportation means such as sea and rail freight transport.