The road transport before the main leg (from the works to the port) and after it (from the port to the destination). Part of every end-to-end supply chain.
Pre- and on-carriage are the road transports before the main leg (from the works to the port of departure) and after it (from the port of arrival to the destination). They are part of every end-to-end supply chain.
Pre-carriage is the transport from the supplier's works or warehouse to the port of departure, on-carriage the route from the port of arrival to the final destination. Both are usually by truck and are separate links in the chain.
Why this matters for your import.
For you the delivery doesn't end at the port but at your warehouse. We organise the on-carriage into Aargau or elsewhere in Switzerland — one responsibility instead of a handover at the quay.
How you'll come across the term.
We also organise the on-carriage to your warehouse in Aargau or elsewhere in Switzerland — one chain, one responsibility, instead of a handover at the port.
Forgetting the on-carriage in the planning. Whoever thinks only as far as the port underestimates the transit time and cost of the last stage.