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Trade, customs & logistics

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Transportation

How façade goods physically move. Road, sea, rail and air each trade speed against cost and capacity, and the container ties them into one intermodal chain. Around them sits logistics — the planning, warehousing and sequencing that gets unitised panels to a site in the order the installation crew needs them.

6 guidesStage 2 of 3Freight & supply chainEN reference
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Choosing a mode is a trade-off between cost, transit time and what the cargo can take — a 6 m unitised panel, a pallet of gaskets and a single replacement glass unit rarely travel the same way. Each card below opens a full guide.
Choosing a mode — cost against speed slower · cheaper faster · costlier Seabulk · heavy Raillong-haul Roaddoor to door Airurgent · light The container links the modes into one intermodal chain

No mode is best in general — only best for a given load, deadline and budget. Most façade projects mix them: sea or rail for the bulk of the package, road for the last leg, air for what cannot wait.

Transportation & Logistics

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LogisticsMoving façade goods — freight, warehousing, planning and the supply chain. Highway TransportationRoad freight (FTL / LTL) — flexible door-to-door trucking and its limits. Sea TransportationOcean freight (FCL / LCL) — the workhorse for heavy and bulk façade loads. Railway TransportationRail freight — efficient long-haul continental movement of goods. Airway TransportationAir freight — fast transport for urgent, high-value or time-critical shipments. Container TransportationContainerisation — container types, sizes and loading for façade products.

Other stages

About CustomExport, import, commodity codes, duties and origin — the border paperwork. Delivery, Finance & PaymentIncoterms, trade finance and payment methods — how the deal is closed.

Sizing a load?  Check container types and internal dimensions in the tools section.

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