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Why do we favour bulk containerised shipments?

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Why do we favour bulk containerised shipments?

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• Cost. The cost of shipping parts in bulk by container is just a small fraction of the cost of shipping the same parts individually. Because of this you can always out-compete other importers who try and import parts individually. • Practicality. Some parts – because of their size or weight – cannot be shipped individually. • Security. The security of parts when shipped in locked and tagged shipping containers is vastly superior to shipping parts individually. We’ve shipped hundreds of thousands of parts by container since the 1990’s and not a single part has ever gone missing in transit. Unfortunately shipping parts individually means that sometimes the parts will go missing in transit. While you can claim insurance, this is time consuming and still doesn’t get you the part you want. Because of this we’ve made large investments in warehouse, storage, container loading facilites and equipment to let you collect stock over a period of time and ship the cheapest and safest way – by full

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