High value goods are essentially any individual shipments which meet the criteria of being of high monetary value. The range of high value goods is vast, including anything as small as diamonds and rubies, to as large as medical and industrial equipment and tools.
Whatever the size of the cargo, high value shipments all have two things in common: they are of significant monetary worth, and require carefully tailored transportation solutions to ensure safe and secure delivery.
In this week's post, we'll be taking a closer look at how to best transport high value goods based on their size and weight, and who to turn to if you're looking for the best freight solutions for shifting these types of goods.
How Should I Ship Lightweight High Value Goods?
As mentioned earlier, high value goods are anything considered to have high monetary worth, and therefore need transporting with a level of care and security.
Let's first take a look at shipping high value items which weigh less, like diamonds or other rare and luxurious stones for example...
As the items themselves are small in weight, while extremely valuable, it would be best to opt for air freight or ground freight, rather than ocean freight. With air freight and ground freight, there are a variety of safeguarding methods which can be adopted, which ocean freight unfortunately doesn't have the capacity for.
So when it comes to shipping diamonds, if you opt for a ground freight solution, your items will be as safe as possible. The van carrying the goods is armed, and there'll be cameras monitoring things round the clock. As well as this, the armed vehicles often include one or more security guard(s), added in for good measure.
If shipping via air freight, a similar process will apply. The goods will be securely carried to the airline vault and right up until the aircraft departing, the items will be kept as safe as possible. Meanwhile, once the flight lands, the same rigorous safety measures will apply right until the final shipment at the required point of delivery.
How Should I Ship Heavier High Value Goods?
Now, let's look at other examples of high value goods, such as luxury cars, and understand the difference in transportation.
With luxury cars, large mechanical equipment, or any other high monetary goods which are over a certain size and weight, ocean freight is often a sought after option.
Let's face it. Cars and huge pieces of cargo are much more difficult to run away with than a small stone, so those transporting these larger items don't often require the same safety measures to be carried out. This allows for these types of shipments to be transported by the slower, but much more cost-efficient, method of ocean freight.
However, it's essential that even when armed vehicles aren't in use, there are measures taken to ensure the protection and safety of the goods themselves. Often, with high value ocean freight, clients will choose to opt for a full container load (FCL), meaning no other cargo will be in the container other than the specific item.
This, alongside extra packaging measures inside the container (like extra layers of sponge), will ensure that the high value item is extremely unlikely to encounter any damage.
Where Should I Go To Ship High Value Goods?
Whatever your high value goods, Lojistico can offer you the best possible solution to ensure safe and secure delivery from A-Z.
We offer a range of freight forwarding solutions, including: air freight, ocean freight, ground freight and project cargo and ensure seamless delivery and exceptional service each and every time.
We will work with you to understand exactly what your requirements are, and get you the best possible prices. We also have many years of experience working with high value goods and will ensure that every measure and precaution has been carried out with a level of ease and understanding.
Get in touch to find the perfect freight forwarding solution for you!
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