LAND TRANSPORTATION
What are the advantages and disadvantages of overland transportation?
Advantages
and disadvantages of overland transportation are given at the table
below. The most important advantage of the overland transportation is
making possible of the transportation of small quantity loads flexibly
and quickly at a short and middle distances. In this way, companies are
enabled of doing ‘just in time’ deliveries reduced by order based
working. Also, waiting time that happened in ports can be by – passed
with overland transportation and make the delivery of the loads directly
to customers’ warehouses. Receivers can take quickly their loads to
their warehouses especially in overland transportation to European Union
countries. In overland transportation loads can be transported to their
customers safely as in seaway transportation.
Most important
disadvantage of overland transportation is that the expensive
transportation cost they have. Besides, amount of load that can be
transported in overland and limitation of maximum reaching distance are
yet another disadvantages of overland transportation. Finally, we can
show as a disadvantage that the structure that is not available for cash
against documents with letter of credit of overland transportation.
Advantage:
Possibility for quick transport
Making an easily delivery to the warehouse of customer
Reliable transportation
Disadvantage:
Expensive cost
Available only for short and middle – distance
What is the role of overland transportation in export of Turkey?
Overland
transportation is a favorite transport way for transporting the %36.3
of the Turkish foreign trade as moneywise. In Turkey, it is possible the
delivery of export loads with the overland transportation to the Balkan
countries from west side with overland, to the other European countries
through Italy by Ro – Ro transportation, to the many Russian ports from
the north – northeast side by Ro – Ro transportation, to the Georgia
and Iran from the overland, and to the Middle East countries from south
eastern side.
