Why You Should Use Barging As A Supply Chain Strategy
In any business, efficiency is one of the most important things to concentrate upon. Being efficient is the only way a company can stay in business for very long. Of course, a successful business also must have a product or service that people want and are willing to pay for. But even if your product or service is top-notch, you won’t be able to compete if your logistics system isn’t up to scratch.
Barge logistics is an emerging transportation infrastructure that is working to improve our global and national infrastructure. Barge logistics offers a direct and immediate alternative to standard shipping and rail transport.
In land-based industries, most goods are transported by road. However, this is not always economically or environmentally efficient, particularly if long distances are involved. Barges may provide a cheaper and more environmentally friendly method of transporting goods from one port to another. Benefits of barge logistics include:
1. Navigational safety
2. Cost-effectiveness.
3. Improvement of the hinterland vessel turnaround time (higher productivity), because of a reduction of the number of calls in the port
4. Improvement of the cost and reliability performance of barge hinterland services
5. A better utilization of space at marine terminals as the dwell time of containers at marine terminals can be reduced if the barge hub terminal can also facilitate a storage function for (empty) containers.
6. Environmentally most friendly type of cargo transportation
7. A higher crane/quay productivity, because the average productivity of handling containers in large call sizes is higher.
At TGL, our barge operations have been designed in such a way that from the comfort of your office or home, you can have your cargo brought to your doorstep and your empties returned at no extra cost.
TGL barge operations have proven to be one of the best in the country as we are second to none and it has proven to be among the swiftest ways to import or export. Our barge is a cost and time-effective means of transporting your cargoes.
No longer do you have to wait for weeks or months to have access to your goods. You no longer have to battle the congestion faced at the Ports. With our barge operations, your goods are moved from the ports to our jetties and then to your warehouse. The bonus point for you is that you avoid incurring extra costs on the length of days your goods would have spent at the port.
Our Barge Operations cover but are not limited to Importation, Exportation, and Empties management. We at TGL are readily available to smoothen your journey with our swift logistics system. With a team of over 50 years combined experience in freight forwarding, inbound and outbound logistics, compliance/documentation, and core technology services and we are more than able to ensure that the logistics process(es) of your business stays afloat.
Get in touch with our Experts to discuss your Logistics requirements.
Email: info@tgl.ng