Andrea Turrini

An air charter service is calculated based on the volume of the goods transported. However, it is strongly influenced by the availability of physical means (transport) on your desired route. By way of an example, bringing goods from China is much cheaper than it is to take them there. This is because shipowners are in high demand for bringing cargo from China to Europe, while it is more complicated to find freight to transport back out to China given the existing trade imbalance. Another variable with a strong influence is the oil price at the moment of travelling.

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)

There are two ways to obtain an ECCN:

1. Contact the manufacturer, as they may know the ECCN of the item;
2. Self-classify the item by reviewing the Commerce Control List (CCL)

Shipment bookings are managed entirely through the platform. You can place your bookings, see booking status and updated milestones, and manage your Bills of Lading and documentation.

When you “release” ITAR technical data (i.e. information or software not in the public domain about design, use, modification, repair, etc. of a defense article) to a foreign national (including foreign national students, or visitors on campus, off campus, or abroad), this constitutes a defense service, requiring a license prior to such activity. In this context, ITAR technical data can be “released” merely by the provision of visual access, computer access, or oral disclosure of the data, even where it is not being utilized by the foreign national.