Although the international maritime cargo transport has some disadvantages such as low speed and high risk, it has become the main mode of transport in international trade due to its advantages such as large transit capacity, large volume, low freight rate, strong adaptability to goods and the unique geographical conditions of the world.
80% ~ 90% of the total import and export cargo transportation in our country was conducted through the ocean transportation, because of the rising and development of container transportation, not only make the transport of goods to the collection, develop in the direction of rationalization, and save the packing materials and sea freight, reduce the damage of shortage, ensuring the quality of transportation and shorten the transportation time, reducing the transportation cost.