Sunday, April 27, 2025

There’s A Good Reason People Insure Their Cargo Ship Loads [Video]

Turns out watching cargo ship fails can be quite enjoyable to watch from a distance. It's also a good reminder of why people put such a premium on insurance.

Moving cargo from origin to destination may seem simple enough, but there are many factors that need to be taken into consideration.

Route optimisation, currency cover, tariff determination, customs regulations, packaging requirements, marine insurance … Okay, I’ll stop – I don’t want to think about it, either.

Point is, when you want to ship something, you call in an expert.

Then you hope that the expert that you called in is actually an expert, or else you might just find yourself with some cargo forever stored at the bottom of the ocean.

Roll tape:

If you peruse the internet, and in particular YouTube, you’ll fund hundreds of those compilations.

You don’t want to have your goodies end up on a list like that, do you?

We would recommend you check out Berry & Donaldson, one of South Africa’s largest privately owned logistics companies, who have been helping importers and exporters navigate the labyrinth that is international freighting for over half a century.

They keep things simple by taking the worry and hassle away from you so that you can focus on running your business, and yes, they sort out all of your cargo insurance, too.

Be it airfreight or sea freight, full containers or part-containers, breakbulk or perishable cargo, for your importing and exporting needs Berry & Donaldson have it all covered.

Ship away, friends.