More Than A Number

While the advent of air travels means that a freight shipping service can get your shipment to its destination faster than in decades past, the transportation of goods via boat isn’t exactly obsolete. While US companies that use waterways for FTL and LTL shipping are primarily familiar with deep sea shipping (transport across oceans), short sea shipping (transport of freight within a continent using the local seas) is an extremely important method of freight shipment in Europe, and is believed to be used for around 40% of the freight transported within the continent. Benefits include less road congestion, reduced air pollution, less chance of damage to or theft of goods, and a more cost-effective method of transport than transportation via truck along roadways. While there are some short sea shipping vessels that can traverse inland waterways, this type of inland navigation is considered a separate method from short sea shipping.