Heavy goods transport for the marble and ceramics industry

Heavy goods transport in the natural stone and ceramics sectors involves marble and granite slabs, rough stone blocks, crates of porcelain stoneware, and premium ceramics. Their weight and fragility call for specialist equipment and procedures that go well beyond those used for standard freight. The process does not begin when a loaded lorry or container […]

Third-party logistics (3PL): what it is, the benefits, and why outsource

Third-party logistics involves outsourcing one or more stages of supply chain management to an external specialist: warehousing, material handling, packaging, palletisation, loading, and unloading. Ownership of the goods remains entirely with the client, while the logistics partner provides the storage facilities, heavy-lifting equipment, workforce, and operational procedures. For businesses operating in the natural stone and […]

Packaging for sea and air freight: rules and differences for exports

Packaging for sea and air freight follows two entirely different approaches. This is because a container crossing the ocean over twenty days and a cargo plane hold – during a flight lasting just a few hours – subject the goods to distinctly different stresses. When preparing marble slabs, crates of porcelain stoneware, and premium ceramic […]