Goods may be shipped by:

• Owned trucks
• United States Postal Service
• A hired transportation service, by:
  - Truck
  - Rail
  - Air
• A freight forwarding service
• Ship (ocean cargo)

Transit risks may be insured by:

• A trip transit policy
• A motor truck cargo policy
• An annual transportation policy
• An air cargo policy
• An Ocean Open Cargo policy
• An endorsement to the property policy.

In addition, some property policies, such as a commercial output policy (COP), provide automatic coverage by including transit coverage in the form.