Feature, Freight News, Inland waterway, Sea
Two vessels, one contract
[ September 17, 2026 // Chris Lewis ]Dutch chartering company Transito has launched Total Freight, which combines sea freight and inland shipping under one contract. It aims to address disruptions at the interface between the two modes, including low water, port congestion and vessel delays. Transito arranges both shipping legs, including port handling and transhipment, and absorbs agreed waiting time.
The service covers the sea voyage, port handling, transhipment and onward transport by inland vessel. Shippers receive one price per tonne, a single contract and a single invoice for the entire movement. Within an agreed range, Transito also takes waiting time between the seagoing vessel and the inland vessel on its own account.
Shipments of dry cargo from the UK, Scandinavia, Poland and northern Spain into the German and Dutch hinterland can involve four separate contracts. When low water, port congestion, vessel delays or missing documentation disrupt the connection between the sea and inland legs, the resulting waiting time can fall on the cargo owner.
Total Freight is aimed at industrial buyers and mid-sized traders without an in-house freight department, particularly companies shipping agribulk, building materials, fertilisers, minerals, recycling cargo and project cargo.
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