The textile industry provides products which are under demand throughout Europe, and the European network for transportation carries clothes – both casual and formal, which reach the warehouses of the distributors and shops in excellent condition, thanks to the experience which the freight forwarders Europe have in transporting textiles and clothing via its groupage services и distribution logistics.
The world’s major clothing manufacturers
The European Union is the leader in the production and export of clothing. Bulgaria and Albania are the countries in the EU which are the biggest producers and exporters clothing. They are the main countries exporters of textile products as well.
The member companies of the European network for logistics services provide regular freight forwarding services for clothing from Bulgaria, Albania and the other European countries.
Types of textile logistics in Europe
In order to meet the transport needs of the textile industry, the international freight forwarders offer:
- Groupage transport
- Textile and clothing forwarding as complete loads
- Express forwarding of textile and clothing
The transport of textile and of clothes in boxes or on hangers is done with vehicles which provide the best conditions for forwarding of products of the textile industry.
Forwarding clothing on hangers
The ready garments are sought for in all European countries. In order to preserve their qualities, they are transported on hangers. The specialized hauling vehicles for transporting clothing on hangers are an important part of the fleet of each member company of IFA.
The cooperation between the companies of the network of freight forwarders allows for quick deliveries of garments on hangers to all European destinations. Depending on the volumes, the garments are loaded either on vans or trucks which have special stands for hanging them. The loading and unloading is easy due to the falling boards on both sides of vehicles.
Transport of clothing in cardboard boxes
The member companies of the International freight forwarders association offer the forwarding of clothing in cardboard boxes. The boxes are very useful for forwarding smaller deliveries of clothing on hangers. The boxes are also very convenient for groupage delivery services. They are specialized for carrying clothing and have an opening at the front for easy access. The loading and unloading of the boxes is done via the openings on both sides which are used as handles for lifting, moving and unloading.
Storage of products for the textile industry
When storage of textiles or ready garments is needed by the customers of the European network for logistics, they can use any of the warehouses of the partners in the network based in the different European countries. This allows for easy distribution and loading of the local stores for the customers of the European logistics companies, and for maintaining stocks of the clothing until further billing requests.
Apart from distribution, the warehouses can be used for the storage of small volumes of textiles and clothing until sufficient transport volume is collected for a full complete load.