Frequently Ask Questions

Internationaldiscretedeliveryexpress is not only a shipping company, it is also a logistics platform connecting a network of carriers to growers and shippers.

For Carriers

Internationaldiscretedeliveryexpress is a new platform for carriers to quickly and easily find and confirm loads. We source exclusive loads from Internationaldiscretedeliveryexpress, an online grain transaction platform connecting thousands of growers and grain buyers across the country. Those loads, along with orders sourced from Internationaldiscretedeliveryexpress’s third-party partners, are uploaded to our digital platform, and accessible on your smartphone.

For Shippers

International discrete delivery express is a full-service logistics provider for shippers looking to quickly and easily source delivery of dry bulk commodity freight. International discrete delivery express has built a network of thousands of local, reliable carriers vetted for safety, federal compliance, and proper insurance coverage. Each carrier has access to a mobile app that enables them to quickly and easily find and book loads based on their preferences. When you tender a load to International discrete delivery express, you’ll be matched to a pre-approved carrier who will have all the details needed for a successful pick-up and delivery. Carrier cancellation or other issues arise? We’ll assign you a dedicated Indigo representative to resolve any issues that may come up.

What regulation governs road transport?

Road freight transport is governed by the Law on Land Transport (Ley de Ordenación de Transportes Terrestres, LOTT), and by the Regulation on Land Transport (Reglamento de Ordenación de los Transportes Terrestres, ROTT), which develops the subject in greater depth. These documents provide regulations for transport companies and for companies related to their activity, meaning that it is important to know them. In this link you will find the complete set of regulations affecting this kind of activity, including special road transport.

What are the risks of maritime freight transport?

• Delayed shipment: The most common causes of delay are inefficient management of port times and formalities. Other variables may also affect the shipment, such as circumstances of force majeure, like a storm for instance, or, in some parts of the world, the risk of a pirate attack.
• Lost goods: While this represents a very low risk today, it can occur in the event of problems such as the boat sinking or breaking down, as well as due to robbery or theft in ports of loading and destination in countries with high levels of corruption.
• Moisture, humidity or extreme temperatures:Environmental conditions must be perfectly controlled to prevent the cargo from being rendered unusable due to moisture, humidity or extreme heat or cold. All cargo must therefore be transported in containers suited to their particular characteristics and checked to ensure that they are properly closed. They must also be correctly loaded, unloaded and stored.
• Contamination: Interaction between different goods can ruin them. The goods must therefore be well packaged and properly stowed in the hold to prevent their contamination.
• Natural disasters: Natural disasters are becoming more frequent and serious in recent years; this represents the most unpredictable risk on the list.
• Computer threats: This is one of the new risks of international maritime transport since the famous NotPeya attack suffered by Maersk. Companies and ports are therefore currently working on logistics cybersecurity.

What kind of maritime transport vessels exists?

We can distinguish between different kinds of ships for maritime transport, depending on the load they transport:

• • General freighters: These are basic cargo ships; they can carry freight, but have no space for containers.
  • Container ships: Ships specially designed to carry goods in containers. They monopolize the majority of international dry freight transport and represent more than a half of all maritime trade.
  • Bulk carriers: The vessels best suited to transporting solid bulk cargoes.
  • Oil/gas tankers: Special tankers for transporting crude oil and by-products differentiated by their superior technical characteristics; all of them guarantee water tightness and structural resistance. Gas tankers have more sophisticated technology for storing liquefied gas and are divided into carriers of GNL and GLP, given that each one needs to be kept at a different pressure and temperature.
  • Reefer ships: Transport perishable food and commodities which must generally be preserved at very low temperatures
  • Ro-Ro ships: Have ramps and platforms for transporting vehicles with wheels, from private cars to industrial vehicles and loaded trucks. There are also hybrid versions of these ships which combine vehicle and passengers transport (ferries) and others that transport vehicles carrying containers (Ro-Lo)

What do oil tankers do?

The main kinds of customs control according to the route and jurisdiction are as follows:

• • • Land customs: Are found at the borders between countries, where they deal with heavy goods transport, private cars and even people who cross on foot in the case of city border points. Their functions are to check that the documentation matches the articles transported.
    • Air customs: Are located at international airports and deal with the highest flow of human transit. Imported and exported goods arriving at an airport are checked by customs on arrival, and subsequently by customs at the place of their destination
    • Maritime customs: This kind of customs deals with the vast amount of goods travelling between countries geographically very distant from one another. Here the goods are generally of great weight or size, such as vehicles or industrial machinery. Maritime customs are responsible for verifying the goods entering and leaving, as well as their documentation.

On the other hand, depending on their function, customs controls can be classified as:

• • • Customs at the port of entry: Which deal with goods to be declared for national consumption.
    • Customs at the point of destination: Receive goods or products sent. At this point the goods are no longer considered as being in transit and become liable for tax.
    • Border customs: These are customs which neither receive nor issue goods, but which control goods in transit, often when travelling from their country of origin to that of their destination.

There are different regulations on dangerous substances.

The road transport regulation is the ADR (European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road), an agreement including 32 EU countries.

The carriage of dangerous goods by rail is governed by the RID.

For the ocean carriage of dangerous goods, the IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods) code applies. Here such cargoes are also known as IMO goods due to the fact that the International Maritime Organisation is the authority in the matter.

Finally, the ICAO provides the regulation for the air transport of dangerous goods.

This is a practice whereby the cargoes of one or several shippers are bundled together for transport under a single transport document. It is also known as group age when different cargoes are combined to fill a single container.