International Ocean Freight
Freight transport has been achieved widely by sea throughout recorded history. Although
the importance of sea travel for passengers has decreased due to aviation, it is
effective for short trips and pleasure cruises. Transport by water is cheaper than
transport by air. Water transport is highly cost effective with regular schedulable
cargoes, such as trans-oceanic shipping of consumer products— and especially for
heavy loads or bulk cargos, such as coal, coke, ores or grains. Arguably,
The industrial revolution took place best where cheap water transport by canal,
navigations, or shipping by all types of watercraft on natural waterways supported
cost effective bulk transport. Containerization revolutionized maritime transport
starting in the 1970s. "General cargo" includes goods packaged in boxes, cases,
pallets, and barrels. When a cargo is carried in more than one mode, it is intermodal
or co-modal. Containerization greatly reduced the expense of international trade
and increased its speed, especially of consumer goods and commodities. It also dramatically
changed the character of port cities worldwide. InSynergy is registered with the
Directorate General of Shipping, Government of India as an authorized Multimodal
Transport Operator (MTO) as it is called which is also referred to as Non Vessel
Owning Container Carrier (NVOCC). InSynergy is authorized to issue its House Bill
of Lading which is covered by the liability insurance. Besides, for doing shipments
to the United States, the forwarders are required to be duly registered with the
Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) of the United States and InSynergy is amongst
the few such companies to have this registration and thus are in capacity to issue
their HBL for consignment to the US coasts. InSynergy, with is branch office located
at Mundra and Mumbai in the West coast of India, Chennai in the South Coast and
Kolkata in the east coast of India, cover all the major sea ports of handling and
the dry ports are covered by our offices located at Delhi, Noida, Ludhiana, Bangalore
and Hyderabad, this covers almost 85% of the containerized Cargo handling and 68%
of the bulk cargo handling capacity across the country. Besides having the authorization
as an MTO & FMC, InSynergy has been certified as an Authorized Economic Operator
(AEO) under the AEO program of the World Customs Organization, by the Government
of India (Ministry of Finance), both as a Freight Forwarder and a Customs Broker,
after thoroughly auditing our processes and provisions for cargo security. At InSynergy
we are committed to provide our clients with the world class services that are customized
to suit their specific needs. Our tailor made solutions, sets us apart from the
run-inthe- mill kind of operations followed by most. InSynergy is a member of Association
of Multimodal Operators of India (AMTOI) with an endeavor to have a harmonious maritime
community to bring consensus amongst all segments of our community, whilst making
representations to various authorities and promote Multimodalism in India.