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Insurance for international rail transport
How to assess the risks and get the right insurance cover you need before transporting your goods by rail.
Standard Shipping Note
When and how the Standard Shipping Note is used, the benefits to your business of using it and where to get it from.
Export Cargo Shipping Instruction
When and how the Export Cargo Shipping Instruction is used and the benefits to your business of using it.
Dangerous Goods Note
When a Dangerous Goods Note should be used, how and why your business should use it and where to get it from.
Transport document completion
An overview of the key shipping documents that should accompany your consignments when transporting goods
Cargo insurance for goods at sea
How to make sure your business gets the right insurance cover for your international maritime goods transit.
Key documents for transporting goods by sea
The paperwork involved in sending your goods by sea including the Standard Shipping Note and downloadable examples.
Main international shipping routes
An overview of some of the world's most important maritime trading arteries along which you can transport your goods.
Costs of ocean shipping
The main factors behind differing costs of shipping, and how different shipping operators set their prices.
How are goods carried on ships?
The three main ways of loading goods for transport onto a ship - as bulk, break-bulk, or in containers.
Different types of ocean shipping
Key characteristics of the main ocean vessels which your business can use when engaging in international trade.
How to move goods by sea
Key documents needed to transport goods by sea, and information on freight and different vessels used in shipping.
Financial help for exporters
Credit finance from UK Export Finance.
Services and training in international trade
Find out about the support for selling outside Northern Ireland.
Debt conversion and countertrading
Learn about typical debt conversion projects, how they are assessed and the basics of countertrading.
Export insurance
Understand what advice is available on insurance for exporting overseas.
Supplier credit financing facility
Understand how buyer credits and supplier credit financing work.
Overseas investment
Overseas market information and insurance for investment abroad.
Government help for exporters
Currency funding, overseas investment, insurance and how the government can help UK exporters.
Advantages and disadvantages of road transport for international trade
The pros and cons of using couriers, freight forwarders, hauliers, or operating your own vehicles to move goods by road.