A practical guide to the decisions behind every international shipment, from choosing a mode and carrier to controlling cost and protecting your cargo.
International logistics is full of decisions that quietly determine your final cost and transit time. These are the questions we help clients answer before cargo ever moves.
The fundamentals that underpin every international move, covered in plain language.
Carrier selection and suitability, plus calculating shipping costs across air, ocean, and inland legs.
Vessel types, routings, schedules, and base ports, with container equipment specifications and use.
HAZMAT definitions and Weight or Measure — how LCL costs are calculated.
Types of ocean movements and terminal concepts such as free time, per diem, and demurrage.
Packing concepts — honeycomb, crate, and skeleton crate — plus the key fields of the Bill of Lading and Air Waybill.
Port facilities to consider and COGSA, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act.
H.C. Bennett is an advocate for the Baltimore Street Turn Program — a container-efficiency initiative that reuses import containers for nearby export loads instead of returning them empty, cutting cost, congestion, and emissions. We actively promote this program to shippers moving cargo through the Port of Baltimore.
Talk with H.C. Bennett about how this applies to your import or export operation.