A cost break-down of transporting in Australia

Whether you are a freight broker, freight broker company, or just a company that sells and ships goods the cost of shipping in Australia is probably one of the top concerns to you. This is an overhead expense that really can make or break your business. The cheaper you go as far as cost the more profits you can make and the opposite goes as well, the more you pay the less profit you make. The question comes down to how can you find a good shipping company (if you are a business that needs products shipped) and how can you offer the cheapest shipping (if you are a freight shipping company or freight broker) to your customers? The answer isn’t just as simple as one, two and three; there are many different things that are taken into consideration, it’s for this very reason that it is almost impossible to give even the "roughest" of estimates. What I can provide you with though is a list of the main things that are taken into consideration when determining how much shipping your cargo across Australia will be.

The size of your shipment

Do you have a large shipment or a smaller shipment? The size of your shipment will be a major determining factor in how you ship your items, which in turn will cause a variety in prices. Each mode of transport has a different set of rules and regulations along with prices.

The weight of your shipment

Just like the overall size of your shipment, your shipment’s weight (gross weight) will play a vital role in determining how you can ship along with a price. Most shipping companies will charge by the weight for shipping more than anything else.

What are you shipping

The contents of your freight play a role in your costs as well. If you have something that requires more careful handling and will require special shipping methods then you will also be looking at a higher shipping cost in order to accommodate these needs.

Distance

How far is your shipment going? Will it be going from Melbourne to Sydney or Melbourne to Perth? The distance your shipment needs to go will play a major role in price if the company you are shipping with does not calculate prices based on weight they may use mileage instead.

The best way to get a ballpark figure is to take the information you have on your shipment and call around to different shippers because the prices can vary so much this is probably the most accurate way to get an estimate.