The LCL and FCL shipping activities may include, in addition to the customs operations, land’s steps from the shipment starting place to the departure port and from the arrival port the final destination.

The approach to new international markets, together with the adoption of the just-in-time inventory management, require the ability to manage the sending and receiving of small amount of goods, limited to individual pallets.

The use of the groupage services then becomes routine, with the consequent need to have certainty of costs and to rely on good performances.