LOGISTICS ON RAILWAY TRANSPORT
The railway logistics service is a set of organizational and managerial measures aimed at efficient and reliable movement of goods by rail from the sender to the recipient. This service ensures optimal use of the railway infrastructure to meet the customer’s freight transportation needs.
The main components of railway logistics services include:
- Routing and Planning: Determining the best route to reach the end point with minimum cost and maximum efficiency.
- Organization of transportation: Booking of railway wagons, coordination of the loading scheme, registration of necessary documents.
- Cargo tracking: Continuous monitoring of cargo movement in real time in order to promptly respond to possible delays or changes.
- Customs clearance: Provision of services for the preparation of necessary customs documents and compliance with the laws and regulations of the country through which the transit passes.
- Cargo insurance: Provision of cargo insurance services against loss, damage or other risks during transportation.
- Information management: Providing the customer with up-to-date information about the status of the cargo, upcoming events and changes in the logistics chain.
- Feedback and problem solving: Providing mechanisms for timely response to unforeseen circumstances, problem solving and reporting on the performance of the service.
- Logistics services in railway transport are aimed at optimizing processes and providing customers with a reliable and efficient way of transporting goods.