When choosing international logistics transportation methods, it is necessary to fully recognize the advantages and disadvantages of different transportation methods based on the needs of the enterprise itself, and choose the appropriate transportation method.

1、 Air freight business

It is referred to as "air freight" in international logistics transportation. This is a method of transportation using airplanes or other aircraft. The use of air transportation is expensive, therefore it is mainly suitable for goods with high value and strong freight affordability, as well as urgently needed materials. For example, valuable equipment components, high-end products, disaster relief and emergency supplies, etc.

Advantages: Fast speed, not limited by terrain, and air transportation can also be used in places where trains and cars cannot reach;

Disadvantage factor: The cost is too high and not suitable for ordinary cargo transportation.

2、 Highway transportation

Highway transportation refers to the logistics transportation carried out on highways using cars or other means of transportation. Road transportation mainly undertakes short distance, small batch freight and water transportation, long-distance, large batch freight and short distance transportation that are difficult to leverage the advantages of railway and water transportation, making it difficult for railway transportation to reach areas. Due to the strong flexibility of road transportation, in recent years, in areas with railways and waterways, roads have also been adopted for long-distance large-scale transportation.

Advantages: Strong flexibility, short road construction cycle, low investment, easy adaptation to local conditions, and low requirements for terminal facilities;

Shortcomings: limited to short distance transportation.

3、 Railway transportation

Railway transportation mainly undertakes long-distance and large-scale freight tasks in China. In areas without water transportation conditions, almost all large quantities of goods rely on railway transportation, which is the main form of transportation.

Advantages: Fast transportation speed, unrestricted transportation by natural conditions, large transportation volume, and low transportation costs;

Shortcomings: Poor flexibility, only able to achieve fixed route transportation, requiring the cooperation and connection of other transportation methods.

4、 Waterway transportation

Abbreviated as water transportation. Large quantity and long-distance main bearing torsion transportation is the dominant form of transportation in trunk line transportation. In the international logistics transportation of inland rivers and coastal areas, water transportation is often used as a small-scale transportation tool, undertaking the task of supplementing and connecting large-scale trunk transportation.

Advantages: Low cost, capable of low-cost, large batch, long-distance transportation;

Disadvantage: The transportation speed is slow and is greatly affected by factors such as port, water level, season, and climate, resulting in a longer interruption of transportation time throughout the year.

Fifth, Pipeline Transportation

In international logistics transportation, such a transportation method may not sound common. A transportation method for transporting gases, liquids, and powdered solids through pipelines. Its transportation form is achieved by objects moving sequentially along the pressure direction in the pipeline, and its important difference from other transportation methods is that it is stationary.

Advantages: Due to the use of sealing devices, losses such as loss and loss during transportation are avoided, and can be used for transporting materials with large volume and continuous transportation;

Shortcomings: Poor flexibility and single cargo transportation.