SKD refer to that in the international trade, especially in the international automobile trade, the automobile companies of the whole vehicle exporting countries break up the finished products and export them in the form of semi-finished products or parts, and then the importers complete the finished products and sell them in the way of self-assembly in the host country. The advantage is that it is conducive to international transportation and can effectively control the logistics cost.
CKD is on the basis of SKD, all parts are packed and transported separately. It is equivalent to that customer purchase spare parts in the exporting country (taking advantage of the supply chain advantages of the whole machine factory in the exporting country and the advantages of lower tariffs and cheap labor force in the importing country), which will save the buyer larger procurement costs and further increase the buyer profitability.
The goods will be transported in containers to the importing country. According to the trade terms, you can choose the specific place of delivery in the importing country. After delivery, you need to unload by yourself, and AVIC Intl will guide you in the steps and methods of unloading.
AVIC International provides: installation drawings and videos, technical guidance to assist the buyer to complete the vehicle assembly.
What conditions buyers need to have: assembly site, assembly technicians, assembly tools.
Target customers: professional vehicle / semi-trailer manufacturers and dealers with assembly ability.
As the word “Complete” suggests, a CBU is a completely assembled vehicle which is ready to be used. It doesn’t need any kind of addition to its components to perform its working and has already been tested before making its way out of the factory. For the trailer, the advantage of CBU solution is that assembly and additional processing are not needed. After the tractor is connected, it can be delivered to the customer directly.
Container transport is a modern mode of transport, which takes containers as transport units. The containers have standardized dimensions. They can be loaded and unloaded, stacked, transported efficiently over long distances, and it is suitable for the combined transportation of railway, waterway, highway and other transportation modes. The handling system is completely mechanized so that all handling is done with cranes and special forklift trucks.
Shorten delivery time. Because the container handling operation is suitable for mechanization, its handling efficiency has been greatly improved. Therefore, it greatly shortens the residence time of the container at the station (port), and speeds up the turnover of vehicles and ships and the delivery of goods. In especial, when the container transport is reloaded between different transport modes, it is not necessary to carry the goods in the container, but only need to change the container, which improves the efficiency of reloading operation and is suitable for the combined transport between different transport modes. Meanwhile, the price of container transportation is the lowest, if the size of the goods can be loaded into the container, then this will be the first choice.
Most shippers are familiar with the more common methods of moving cargo – such as container shipping and air freight forwarding – but what if a piece of cargo is too big to fit in a container or too heavy for a plane? What options does a shipper of oversized cargo have? The answer can be found in breakbulk shipping.
Breakbulk cargo is defined as general cargo or goods that do not fit in or utilize standard shipping containers or cargo bins. Breakbulk is also different from bulk shipping, which is used for cargo such as petroleum products or grain. Instead, breakbulk cargo is transported individually, oftentimes on a skid or pallet or in a crate.
Examples of breakbulk cargo include construction equipment, manufacturing materials, oversized vehicles, boats, cranes, turbine blades, ship propellers, generators, large engines and more.
The main benefit of shipping in this manner is the ability to move oversized, over-weight items that wouldn’t otherwise fit into a container or cargo bin.
Large cargo often takes up more space in the ship or cargo hold than items that are packaged neatly in uniform, stackable containers, which results in higher shipping costs for breakbulk items.
