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What is logistics?

I. Classification by volume of goods:

Small logistics-express delivery (mature system)

Large-scale logistics-large-scale cargo transportation (due to high investment and long recovery, the development is slow)

Classification by mode of transportation:

Air transport-the value of goods with high cost and high demand.

Land transportation-Railway transportation is the safest and most economical way of land transportation, but the current situation of insufficient capacity limits the wide use of railway transportation. From the perspective of cargo transportation, road transportation is still the absolute main force of land transportation, accounting for more than 70% of China's cargo transportation.

Second, perishable fresh goods logistics.

Agricultural products logistics-the characteristics of large demand, large circulation and mismatch between production and sales places often lead to a large number of agricultural products and long transportation distance.

Dairy logistics-To prevent deterioration, special milk tankers are used, usually in the morning and evening or at night. In order to shorten the transportation time, stopovers are strictly prohibited.

The characteristics of flower logistics-long transportation distance, short shelf life and fragile texture in production and marketing areas, determine that flower transportation must be carried by air.

Quick-frozen food logistics-low temperature requirements are strict, and China's socialized quick-frozen food distribution system has not yet formed.

Third, dangerous goods logistics.

China transports about 400 million tons of dangerous goods by road every year, including hundreds of thousands of tons of highly toxic cyanide and 654.38+million tons of flammable and explosive oil products. However, most dangerous goods logistics operations only follow or even directly apply the logistics operations of ordinary goods, which has great potential risks.

The main characteristics of its transportation are: there are many kinds of dangerous goods with different properties, and the storage and transportation of dangerous goods require higher professionalism.