Transportation of personal items is always fraught with difficulties in choosing a company that would take on all the burden of cargo transportation. The mobility of our time is difficult to overestimate. Especially when there comes a turning point in life associated with a long move to a new place of residence. It is unlikely that only a few suitcases will be needed to transport personal items. People resort to the services of companies involved in freight transportation. However, choosing a good logistics company is difficult. You need to quickly and efficiently pack furniture, valuables, preserve their properties and appearance throughout the trip. For this, not only movers are needed: new transport, a reliable route, and, of course, documents.
What do shipping companies offer?
International transportation of personal belongings is not only loading or shipping, but also fast safe delivery to your destination. The following services are usually offered:
- Transportation subject to transportation rules and safety standards. Each type of item must be suitably packed and secured in a container of transport.
- Extra packing with special bags, airborne polyethylene.
- Documentation and paperwork with a customs broker.
Important! To transport personal items from the category of antiques, valuables, glass, fragile items and cultural heritage, you need to get permission. Based on it, a certificate of conformity is issued. You can get documents of international standard for the transport of things on waybills.
Thus, in order to assess the possibility of transportation for a particular case, it is necessary to take into account the features of the types of apartment moving. Separately, we consider each type of transport, its features and rules for customers.
Trucking: features of the use of land transport
This opportunity is good for those who want to move to a new place within 500 km. Use of personal vehicles is allowed. It is allowed to carry cargo in the trunk, the mass of which will not exceed the maximum maximum mass of a loaded car according to the data sheet. Such transportation of personal belongings by the military personnel is suitable. By road, you can take out in just a few calls almost everything that fits in your luggage (with the exception of furniture and equipment).
But if according to the documents the weight of the car is 1980 kg, and the maximum weight is 2500 kg, then you can load the car with luggage weighing up to 520 kg without taking into account the weight of passengers.
Some customs posts may require checking the weight of the vehicle. Overloading faces a fine, as some cars are not designed for such cases. When ordering transport in a company, personal belongings are transported according to the door-to-door system. Also, you do not need to independently calculate the weight of the luggage. The logistics department independently selects such a transport, where the things of the owners will fit. It can be minibuses, trucks, sprinters and small-sized beads from 3500 to 7500 kg. Additionally, it is allowed to book a trailer, semi-trailer, dissolution for the composition of road trains.
Sea freight of personal items
Sea transport has long been used as a type of export and import of goods. Many countries resort to this type of transport because of its safety and ease of cargo clearance. As for the transportation of personal items by the container, there are some difficulties. After all, no one can order a cargo ship for transporting furniture. There are sea containers for moving, which are equipped with special niches for loading things. However, only:
- Those who move to permanent residence in America or vice versa.
- Who can access the transport corridor through China, Canada and Israel.
The advantages are that everyone can afford this type of transportation financially. In this case, it is permissible to travel by ferry with a personal car. Of the shortcomings, only terms are distinguished - up to two months, things will be on the ship, and more documents are required for such transport. Sometimes carriers offer the possibility of loading groupage cargo. This means that things from different customers are loaded into one container. If this cannot be done, you will have to pay for the entire space in the container.
Rail: what is the situation with traffic on the tracks?
Carriage of things by train is not a very common way to deliver things to a new place of residence. From the station, things will still have to be delivered by your own transport, and the services of movers are not provided. It is also important to find out if there is a message between the two countries, from where and where things are sent. There were communicating ways:
- Between the former CIS countries.
- Within the Russian Federation.
- With a bloc of the former Eastern European Union.
Using the services of trains is beneficial for everyone who appreciates the exact time of arrival, as transport travels on a schedule. Speed is the main plus when transporting personal belongings in Russia, as express trains run between countries for a maximum of two days. Among the shortcomings, one can single out only the high cost of services, which is fixed and unchanged regardless of the size and weight of the cargo.
Air transportation of furniture and personal cargo
This method is good if there is too little space for your things. Then it makes sense to think about air travel, despite the high cost. The most expensive delivery method has its advantages:
- In just a few days, things are transported to their destination.
- Sending is carried out anywhere in the world - ideally, especially if in another country there is no seaport.
- You can take care of places for animals.
Also, with the help of air cargo it is possible to carry out the delivery of passing, combined, perishable and dangerous goods. Airlines offer the possibility of temporary storage, registration and insurance of property. Regional fences are held within the CIS countries, Asia, Europe and Scandinavia. Control is carried out on AWB - air waybill, which provides the ability to declare and insure especially valuable things. Monitoring and tracking of stopping paths is carried out in real time. The customer is notified of a change in the supply chain if the goods are delayed, and, conversely, if delivered to the specified country.
Features of paperwork: transportation of personal items and customs clearance
The most difficult thing is to draw up documents - they must be ready on time, presented during the entire period of validity. Sometimes when moving you need to declare valuable goods, especially outside of Russia. International transport is subject to the rules of the countries where and from where things are imported. There are preferential conditions for the import of valuables if they are indicated by the type “personal”. Licensing and quotas do not require those items for which it does not make sense to make an estimated value or it is impossible to do so.
Important! Cargoes not intended for personal use are processed in accordance with the rules of the Customs Union.
How to transport cultural property?
Cultural values are paintings, sculptures, objects that can be in the nature of someone's intellectual property. Antiques, musical instruments, inventions without a patent from its creator are also subject to separate registration. The holder may present a permit to import and export items instead of a certificate of purchase or a check. In other cases, the apartment move will have to be postponed until all papers are received.
Oversized cargo transportation
Large loads, such as furniture from 3 m in length on one side, are transported separately from other things:
- Installed built-in area.
- Additional fasteners hold high loads.
- Registration of accompanying documentation and customs declaration.
- Cargo control and door-to-door monitoring.
The logistics company independently selects a route so that the arrival would suit customers as much as possible. A list of possible directions is also given, the desired type of transportation is established and an advance is paid. Full settlement is made after checking the goods at the place of arrival.
Moving with animals: compartments of the aircraft, passports, identification
Transportation of animals is allowed only after registration and consent of the airline or other type of transport. If the company allows you to ride or fly with cats and dogs, they are offered a convenient compartment with cameras, where they can stay the whole flight. Cages and containers are selected by size, the animal rides / flies in the cabin. Large animals are not allowed to be transported, as livestock are not pets according to the rules of international transport. The cargo compartments of the aircraft hold up to 1 m in height and 2 m in width.
At the same time, many companies require that they sign a declaration that relieves them of responsibility in the event that the receiving party does not let passengers into the transit zone, prohibits crossing the border of the station and airport.
In other cases, you will need:
- Veterinary passport indicating all vaccinations. If they are not, you need to make or notify in writing about the reason for their absence or refusal.
- Certificate from the doctor about the health of the animal.
- Permit for transit, export, import.
- Electronic identification - a microchip or a tattoo is placed on the ear so that all employees of the shipping companies are aware that the animal has the legal right to cross the border.
Some airlines and ships do not accept animals that are collected in Ireland, Portugal, the United Arab Emirates, and Great Britain. Import is strictly prohibited or limited by special requirements.