International shipments with cross-border transactions are inherently exposed to forex risk: the rise or fall of a foreign currency’s value in relation to a firm’s local currency. It is vital for tech importers and exporters to hedge their transaction risk with proactive FX risk management to ensure seamless imports with no unexpected costs for the importer or underpayments for the exporter.
Domestic Shipments: Difference Between TecEx vs Freight Forwarder
A freight forwarder facilitates the physical movement of goods from point A to point B. As an IOR, TecEx takes on more than just transportation. We handle your shipment from pickup to final delivery, ensuring full customs compliance and taking on your financial and regulatory risks and responsibilities along the way.
While a freight forwarder can assist with domestic shipments, they can only handle the logistics.
TecEx specializes in providing comprehensive project management services, from ensuring correct packaging to prevent damage to optimizing routes, as well as specialized handling of technical hardware. As we specialize in shipping high-value, fragile tech, we understand all the potential areas for error. This is why we also utilize package sensors that monitor the humidity, tilt, temperature, and even the speed at which the truck is moving to ensure the safety of your mission-critical hardware.
Keeping Your Goods Safe
As US companies increasingly friendshore, reshore, and nearshore their supply chains, relocating production back to the US or to North America, they expose more high-value cargo to the domestic haul network. However, that localization comes with heightened risk: cargo theft is surging, especially towards electronics. Criminal rings are becoming increasingly creative and strategic, and regional theft incidents are rising sharply. Tech shipments need real-time visibility and strategic logistics to reduce their vulnerabilities and prevent cargo theft.
Criminals are not the only risk to shipments of critical technology. Crossing states, such as transitioning from the heat and humidity of Texas to the cold rain of Washington, means your tech needs to be protected against factors like changing humidity and temperature.
“We go over and above just logistics”
– Melissa Tees, AI Branch Operations Manager at TecEx
TecEx can assist with domestic shipments globally, so whether your tech needs to move across the US, the UK, the EU, or elsewhere, we can provide an optimized solution. We tailor the routing of your shipment to be efficient while also protecting your tech against changes in micro-climatic conditions and keeping it away from crime hotspots.
End-to-End Visibility
TecEx offers additional controls to keep your tech safe. You can see exactly where your shipments are, their current condition, and whether any action is needed. Our advanced tracking capabilities monitor the following in real-time:
- Hyper-accurate location,
- Humidity levels,
- Light conditions,
- Shock and tilt events, and
- The speed of the shipment.
Liability Cover for Your Hardware
In the unlikely event that something goes wrong, such as gear being damaged by a shifting package, we have a Liability Cover solution that protects 110% of the value of your shipment.
Most tech hardware is of such high value that many insurers would refuse to cover it, but this is our specialty. Unlike a carrier, our cover protects your goods throughout their entire journey, rather than just during their primary transportation. Additionally, you don’t need to hold a policy; it’s all on us.
We also handle the claiming and recovery process – meaning faster turnaround times and less administrative burden for you.
Getting Domestic Incoterms Right
When it comes to domestic shipments, considerations like Incoterms are often overlooked. Incoterms determine which party, between the importer and exporter, assumes which responsibilities for a shipment and at what point ownership and risk transfer between them.
Getting this right is crucial in both international and domestic moves to avoid miscommunications and a lack of accountability if things go wrong. Without the right domestic Incoterm, a cross-state tech shipment can still face delays and compliance issues, or even rack up additional costs.
Our supply chain has been deliberately built to support the movement of high-value gear, with a strong focus on risk mitigation and reliability. Years of global logistics experience have informed how we select partners, routes, and handling processes. While no supply chain is immune to disruption, we work exclusively with vetted providers who have the capability, systems, and experience to manage this type of equipment responsibly.
-Kara Eksteen, TecEx
Get Your High-Value Tech Across the US with TecEx
Domestic tech shipments across the US face overlooked risks that can lead to significant losses, including cargo theft and damage from temperature and humidity fluctuations. Tech companies require more than straightforward freight-forwarding solutions to safeguard their technology across state lines. With bespoke logistics, end–to–end visibility, additional controls over variables such as speed and temperature, and comprehensive Liability Cover for peace of mind, TecEx offers expertise and efficiency for domestic moves.
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