The Shipping Lines Features:

we have a several features for the shipping lines or container carriers like the following :

Operational , Organizational and a Contractual features.

shipping lines provide of sea transportation that Shippers with cargoes of small quantities but high value .

for Operational features
shipping lines companies provide sea transport service with:
fixed sailing schedules & ports of call with a named vessels and in most case fixed price which may changes based on shipping market forces ( Demand & supply ) for specific destinations .

for Organizational features
shipping line companies are generally large organization and complex managements to provide good service you need several vessels or ships , good traffic with perfect follow if the information & logistics knowledge that with a lot of branches at the destinations which need to call or serve.

Contractual features
shipping line companies transport contract is called Bill of Lading (B/L). The terms and conditions must printed on the bill of lading by shipping lines and are not negotiable.

if shipping line has a good volume or traffic by specific client ( shipper ) they could to write a contact together ( Exporter or importer & shipping line ) together to fix the ocean freight for shipping from specific destination to another with a specific period of time .