There is a delicate process to remember when you are a transporting an order of promotional products either just a couple of minutes or hours away to across the country and or overseas. Some of these items are stamped with fragile because they are either breakable or would not stand heat or cold. There are several options to ship your cargo safely to any of your customers or clients locally or overseas and that is by hiring a trucking service, by train, by air or by sea fearing cargo vessels.
Packing your cargo correctly should always be given great attention in order to safely transport them to your perspective clients and customers. Should they need promotional products in a hurry your best bet would be to ship them by air freight. This one of the quickest way to ship your cargo to any destination locally or abroad; however there are several limitations to what you can ship by air. They will not accept any highly flammable or combustible materials and or any sharp objects or knives. Some couriers will not even accept toy guns or BB guns to be transported due to the fact that they look like real weapons.
There are also cargos that a promotional products company can ship via cargo train across states. This is a good way to get any shipment to destinations that have no airports or docks. They would simply order their desired merchandise and have it shipped to them via cargo train and a trucking service would simply pick them up and deliver it to their location. If they have their own cargo trucks then they would simply have their cargo picked up at the train station to save more time and money in hiring rental trucks to pick up their shipment.
One of the best ways to transport promotional products across states is by hiring a trucking company. They can transport any large number of shipments from across the state by driving all night or all day. Shipping the cargo can vary from an overnight shipment to a day or two depending solely on how far the destination is. If you wish the shipment to arrive immediately to the destination, these trucking companies can do so by planning out a short route and or with less traffic. There are times when they would carry their trucks via a barge to cross to the destination much quicker rather than taking the long way.
Shipping promotional products via sea cargo vessels is a bit inexpensive but will take a somewhat long time to reach the destination. There are times when the cargo vessel would experience heavy storms thus knocking your shipment back and forth inside the cargo hold. Simply make sure that they are packed tightly and have the necessary cushions in order for fragile items to not get broken or damaged.