Long Distance Transportation of Goods

Long Distance Route Planning

The transportation of goods Long-distance It is divided according to the type of transport to be used, depending on whether it is by land, sea or air.

Freight transportation is an activity that consists of the movement of goods from one place to another for a specific purpose. We speak of short-distance freight transport if it involves trips of up to 600 km and long-distance freight transport if it exceeds 600 km.

This type of long-distance freight transport is usually used for the transport of high-value goods, since they are usually carried out by road due to the ease of combining different possibilities to save time and costs.

For example, instead of transporting by rail, you can transport it by road, since about 700 km can be traveled in 24 hours. If double driving is carried out (a very common possibility in road transport in long-distance transport), in about 24 hours about 1000 or 1200 km can be done and in 48 hours 2000 or 2500 km can be done, that is, if we want to make a trip from Barcelona to Munich it would take approximately, including the breaks stipulated by law, 28 to 30 hours to reach the destination. On the other hand, if it is done in double driving, the trip could be made in a stretch of 18 to 20 hours to reach the destination, with the breaks stipulated by law.

What should we take into account when transporting long-distance goods?

If we talk about transporting heavy goods, it is more economical to do it using trucks and trailers, since if it is carried out by rail transport or air transport it can be more expensive due to its weight and the high times of the former and the high costs of the latter.

It is more convenient to use road transport to transport heavy, long-distance goods.

If we want to transport goods over long distances more quickly in terms of transportation, we can do it through air transport, but the only drawback that this type of transport has is that its procedures in terms of documentation, which can delay this process many times and can make it slow and an expensive process that, although fast, is not usually one of the most used due to this same drawback.

The most widely used long-distance transport of goods that is faster and safer today is road transport, since it does not involve as much documentation management and you can immediately process the trip to be able to get started with the trip.

What vehicles are usually used to transport long-distance goods?

As indicated by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, the length of the vehicles that can be used in transportation is as follows:

The maximum length of rigid trucks is 12 meters, coaches and buses are excluded.

The maximum length of the road trains is 18.75 meters measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the road train, between the outer points located further in front of the loading area behind the cabin and further back of the trailer of the set of vehicles, it will be 16.40 meters. On the other hand, the maximum distance, measured parallel to the longitudinal axis of the road train, between the outer points located furthest in front of the loading area behind the cabin and furthest behind the trailer of the vehicle combination, minus the distance between the rear of the motor vehicle and the front of the trailer will be 15.65 metres.

The maximum length of articulated vehicles may not exceed 12 meters between the hitch pivot and the rear of the semi-trailer. And the distance between the hitch pivot and any point on the front of the semi-trailer may not exceed 2.04 meters.

The maximum length of road trains specialized in transporting vehicles can be increased up to 20.55 meters by using a rear load carrier expressly authorized for this task.  The rear support may not protrude in relation to the load. The load may protrude from the rear as long as the last axle of the vehicle being transported rests on the trailer structure. The load may not protrude in front of the towing vehicle.

What is the maximum weight of long-distance freight transport vehicles?

The maximum weight of long-distance freight vehicles usually ranges between 24,000 and 26,000 kg.

What is the cost per km?

The cost of the km oscillates between two prices:

• To international level It ranges in price between €1 and €1.3 per km.
• To national level It ranges in price between €0.8 and €1 per km.

These prices are approximate as they vary constantly depending on fluctuations in diesel, etc.

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