Rules for searching cargo and customers, recommendations for selecting freight owner companies
Searching for customers and freight owners
The website com-stil.com was created specifically so that carriers and shippers can find each other quickly. There are two search options:
- Direct cargo search. On the main page of the site you should select the countries of origin and destination, specify the vehicle type. Depending on your needs, select «cargo search». All available requests will open. The contact details of the customers who posted the requests are visible. You can contact them in a convenient way and agree on shipping.
- Post requests, show everyone your vehicles and shipping routes. On the main page of the site select «add vehicle». Fill out a simple vehicle information form, you can add several vehicles, move your old vehicle requests to the top of the list. Immediately after posting, the request will be available to all freight owners on the site. Some logistics professionals prefer to simply review requests without posting information on the site. They will contact you soon.
To view the customer's contact information and cargo request, you need to complete simple registration on the site or log into your account. The «View cargo» section is universal for all types of shipping in all directions.
Freight owners who need to ship goods also post requests on the site. This happens when the customer needs transport for shipping urgently or it is a preliminary price inquiry. The freight owner's logistics department is always looking for a reliable transport company. The customer searches for a carrier in the «Vehicles» section
How a carrier can attract a freight owner and show their advantages
The main factors that attract a freight owner are the cost of cargo shipping
- A freight owner seeks a cheaper contractor to save costs.
- Customers want to transfer cargo insurance responsibility to the carrier
- Can the transport company organize sea shipping or air delivery
- Does the carrier provide rail freight delivery by wagons
- The quality of vehicles, availability of diverse rolling stock, will also attract a serious freight owner.
- Companies operating outdated worn-out vehicles engage in price dumping, which can worry the customer about cargo safety guarantees and damage compensation.
- Does the carrier have the ability to ship groupage cargo and handle customs clearance independently.
- Does the carrier have vehicles for oversized shipments or dangerous goods.
- Proper speech by the forwarder-logistician of the transport company is the most important factor. During negotiations, the customer will either agree to work with the transport company or continue searching for another.
- These factors immediately show the carrier's status and affect shipping costs
How a transport company can find a freight owner in a direction
Every shipper wants to save on cargo delivery and that is normal. But some customers are reluctant to pay for transport services!
The carrier must verify before signing a request with the customer:
- Availability of the customer's registration certificate.
- Check information about the customer on the internet.
- Do not work on trust. A reputable customer will not refuse a contract.
- Request references from the customer from other contractors.
- Conclude a shipping contract that specifies the responsibilities of both parties.
- It is advisable to agree on payment for shipping on an advance payment basis, or upon actual cargo delivery, receive payment, and then unload the cargo.
These recommendations will help transport companies in finding new freight owners, develop successfully, expanding their fleet and earning money.
Cargo or goods, requests or loads, information for carriers and their vehicles
Information about cargo is sought by all transport companies, international forwarding agents, every long-haul driver and individual carrier, searching for new cargo requests. Cargo, also called loads, is goods that freight owners have already bought or sold, and they post it on freight exchanges to find a forwarding or transport company for the purpose of delivering this cargo to the buyer or end consumer.
Cargo categories in search on the site
What categories of cargo are transported: all that can be loaded into a curtainsider truck, all that needs to be transported in reefer trucks. Oversized cargo on trailers, dangerous goods, in specially equipped trucks, with permission to transport these types of cargo. Groupage cargo is transported in the same trucks, but the carrier must be a specialist in groupage delivery, as there are nuances known only to the carrier. Transporters who have container trucks search for cargo in containers, as they cannot transport other types. Airlines search for cargo to load onto aircraft, shipping lines search for cargo for vessels, everyone has one task: maximum cargo, minimum downtime.
On the com-stil.com freight exchange there are all types of cargo for each type of vehicle. Requests are submitted to the site daily, since adding cargo is free, freight owners add all their cargo in any quantity and wait for response from all transport companies, for the purpose of fast cargo delivery at a good price.
Freight owners and their cargo, their contacts, are saved on the site, no one deletes them, and only freight owners can edit, update, or delete them. Carriers can always see the history of cargo requests that have already been shipped, or are still relevant, or those still waiting for their carrier. Cargo search is fast, from where and to where, you can specify or not specify the cargo type, vehicle type, followed by standard search, and result: cargo requests with open direct contacts of freight owners in front of all transport companies and long-haul drivers.
What opportunities do cargo vehicle owners have
Search on the site for all freight owners and their cargo requests, history of cargo postings, contacts of all freight owners, fast and accessible search for needed cargo for your vehicle type. Statistics on cargo by type, by cargo name, cargo by weight and volume for each truck. Statistics on cargo for all shipping categories. And most importantly, when adding your vehicle, each carrier in their personal account has an icon-hint, where you can immediately find the needed cargo in the needed direction for the carrier. That is, fast cargo search by directions.
What can be recommended to transport companies
Post your vehicle, your added vehicle requests will attract cargo owners, add requests more frequently, more quantity of requests for each of your vehicles, in each direction in which you have the ability to transport cargo.
Freight owners are also searching, and seeing your posted vehicle requests, they will call you, possibly even before you call them. More vehicles - more cargo. Posted a vehicle - get cargo. Activity gives results. You will find cargo, the customer will find you, all thanks to your posted request. Use the site, information is money.
