Services - 02
Ocean freight
Most of the world's trade goes by sea. We book the space, prepare the documents and keep you informed from loading to delivery.
Full container load (FCL)
A container for your cargo alone: 20-foot, 40-foot or 40-foot high cube.
When to use it
When your cargo fills, or nearly fills, a container, or when you want it sealed from origin to destination.
What we handle
- Booking space with carriers
- Arranging collection of the empty container and delivery of the full one
- The bill of lading and export documents
- Updates by email at each stage
- Delivery at destination if required
What to send us for a quote
- Number and type of containers
- Cargo and gross weight
- Origin and destination
- Ready date
- Incoterm
Less than container load (LCL)
Space in a container shared with other shippers. You pay for the volume or weight your cargo takes.
When to use it
Shipments too small to fill a container, usually under 15 cubic metres.
What we handle
- Booking with a consolidator
- Delivery of your cargo to the consolidation warehouse
- Documents
- Updates
- Collection and delivery at destination if required
What to send us for a quote
- Number of packages, dimensions and weight of each
- Cargo description
- Origin and destination
- Ready date
- Incoterm
Breakbulk and general cargo
Cargo loaded piece by piece into the hold or onto the deck, rather than in containers.
When to use it
Steel, timber, machinery, bagged goods and other cargo that does not suit containers.
What we handle
- Booking space on suitable vessels
- Arranging stowage and lashing requirements with the carrier
- Coordinating delivery to the port
- Bills of lading and export documents
What to send us for a quote
- Cargo type, quantity, piece weights and dimensions
- Packing
- Load and discharge ports
- Ready date
Roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro)
Wheeled cargo driven on and off the vessel.
When to use it
Cars, trucks, buses, and wheeled or tracked machinery that can move under its own power or be towed.
What we handle
- Booking ro-ro space
- Coordinating delivery to the terminal
- The documents for the vehicle and the voyage
- Updates until discharge
What to send us for a quote
- Make, model and dimensions of each unit
- Whether it is new or used, and whether it runs
- Load and discharge ports
- Ready date
Send us the details.
Tell us the cargo, the route and the dates. We will reply by email with what we can arrange.
