MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN AIR FREIGHT MORE TIME EFFECTIVE THAN SEAFREIGHT SEA/AIR TRANSPORTATION HAD TIS HEYDAY IN THE 1980S,AT THAT TIME THE IDEA WAS TO REDUCE TRANSIT TIME WHILE AVOIDING THE HIGH COSTS OF DIRECT AIRFREIGHT FOR SIPMENTS BETWEEN AIS AND EUROPE .TODAY SEA/AIR SERVICES ARE EXPERICENCING REVIVAL.THE GERMAN ECONOMY IS LOOKING FOR CHEAPER WYAS OF TRANSPOERTING SHIPMENTS WITH OURT LOSING FOR CHEAPER WAYS OF TRANSPORTING SHIPMENTS WITH OURT LOSING THE BENEFIS OF AIRFREIGHT AND ITS SHORT TRANSPOETATION TIMES.THE SEA/AIR SERVICE SI AN IDEAL SOLUTION,OFFERING SHIPMENTS TWICE AS FAST AS PURE SEAFREIGHT AT UP TO HALF THE COST OF REGULAR AIRFREIGH.