What is Short-Term Storage and Freight Forwarding?
Freight forwarding isthe coordination and shipment of goods from one place to another via a single or multiple carriers via air, marine, rail or highway.
Short-term storage is basically storage for a short period of time so that other freight can come in and be consolidated into fewer trucks with shared delivery locations, thus making the shipment more efficient.
What are the benefits of freight forwarding?
There are many advantages of freight forwarding. Here are a few:
- Pickup and Delivery. Companies often lose customers because they are unable to meet customer deadlines. ...
- Efficient Tracking. ...
- Security. ...
- Cost-effectiveness. ...
- Documenting. ...
- Managing Inventory. ...
- Warehousing.
What is the importance of temporary storage?

What we offer
At DC Transport and Logistics, we offer temporary storage at our facilities in St. Laurent, Quebec.We also offer full freight forwarding services.
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