Today Land Freight Services market is experiencing a rise of the needs for specialized flatbed, air ride trailers, step deck or double drop equipment and SICA are a partner with the best Special Road equipment carriers across the UAE to provide unparalleled trucking services for over dimensional freight or goods that will not fit in an enclosed dry van. If you have expedited requirements, we can also offer the first drop or dedicated expedited trucking services customized to your needs.
Importing and exporting by road, can be the most effective mode of transport in and around the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) countries.
In 2019, UAE’s exports rose by 23 percent, re-exports grew by 4 percent, and imports increased by 3 percent. Foreign trade volume also grew by 22 percent. A significant percent of the UAE’s exports takes place by road.
SICA offers a wide range of over the Road Trucking Services utilizing your cargo, having a wide range of options.
In land logistics industry, there’s always an uncertainty of vehicle availability. SICA with the help of its strong network of transporters can arrange Flat Bed trucks, Curtain Side truck, Low Bed Trailer, Open Box trucks, Closed Box trucks, Reefer Truck, Pickups, Temperature Controlled Reefer, Flat Bed with Side Grill trucks for all types of cargo movements such as Door to Door, Port to Port, Door to Port and Port to Door.
SICA has a variety of resources to outsource trucks and trailers to ensure cross border transportation. Pickup and dropping off cargo before cutoff time is far easier with SICA.
There are two major types of shipment movement involved in Land freight forwarding. One is LTL shipments (Less than Truck Load) that moves cargo with a weight of between 150 and 15,000 pounds. Efficient for domestic and international land freight shipments that occupy less than 24 feet of the space and is not more than five pallets. Then there is FTL (Full Truck Load) where the truck’s trailer carries only one shipment in bulk. The entire space is only reserved for one dedicated shipment. This type of trucking has numerous benefits which include: -
Container trucking is one more type of shipment mode where the containers between the loading site and the container port (or yard) are moved. Heavy-lift cargo trucking is the one which is moved by heavy-duty trailers specially made to handle cargo of any dimension and weight.
Land freight services are steady and flexible, safe and practical. Most of the products that are transported include FMCG, Refrigerated Food and perishable products, Pharmaceutical and medical products, Hazardous and non-hazardous solids and liquids, chemicals, dangerous goods, heavy equipment and machinery, construction materials such as sand, rocks, asphalt, and steel.
Most of the LTL system works follow this process. The shipment is collected first from point A. Point A is shipper’s loading site. The shipment is then delivered to the service provider or third-party warehouse. The shipment is then sorted and put together with other loads whose destination is the same. The same process goes on till the shipment is reached the recipient location.
We at, SICA Global Services LLC has been a pioneer in providing Logistics solutions which include Land freight forwarding services at a cost-effective price. Along with providing dedicated and professional land freight forwarding in and around GCC countries, we at SICA Global also offer our customers a wide variety of services related to logistics and supply chain management consultations.
While there are other freight shipping modes available to choose from, road freight has its own set of advantages as detailed below –
Cost efficient – Road freight is one of the most economical and cost-efficient mode of freight transport and is highly preferred by small and medium size companies.
Flexibility – Since there are roads at every civilized place, road freight gives the transporter the flexibility to choose the route, mid-way drop offs and final destinations. Also, road freight has reliable schedule and transport time.
Door to door delivery – This is, perhaps, the biggest advantage of road freight is that goods can be picked up directly from the loading point and dropped at the destination, without the need of any other mode of transport or multiple handling. Road freight proves to be convenient as every place can be easily accessible by road.
Reduces multiple handling of cargo – When goods are transported by any other logistics mode either sea or air, they need to be dropped and picked from the port or airport, respectively – this results in multiple handling points of the goods, while in road freight goods are loaded and unloaded right at the starting and end points.
Below are detailed the various types of trucks used for land transportation.
Pickups are the perfect choice for small and medium size shipments. Pickups rates are 20% to 30% cheaper than the regular 40Ft trailers depending on the cargo weight, as well it is faster. There are 3-types of pick-ups. 3-ton pick-ups, 7-ton pick ups and 10 -ton pickups.
It is one of the most common trailers in the market and it can be a good choice to load Building materials, oilfield equipment’s, pipes, plastic products, stainless steel, small machines, and general cargo.
45ft trailers is a good choice for loading overweight commodities. Among 45 ft trailers, there are different types of trailers like Flat Bed Side Rail Trailers, Box Trailers, Curtain Side Trailers. Images of these trailers are detailed below for your reference.
Flatbed Side Trailer with a side is strong and it is safe to load sensitive commodities like glass and fiberglass products.
Close Box trailers are the best choice to load dry food products, textile products, paper products, furniture, and electronics. Box trailers are a good choice when it comes to bonded shipments. These trailers can be load from back side only. To load this type of trailers the shipper should have ramp facility.
If shipper needs to load on close box trailers and the ramp facility is not available, then Curtain side trailers could be looked at as an alternative of closed box. These trailers can be loaded from sides using forklift. Curtain trailers are good choice to load dry food products, textile products, paper products, furniture and electronics. As well it can be used for bonded shipments
