Sea Freight – FCL, LCL
As one of Australia’s leading freight forwarders you can be assured that our prices reflect true value for money. Our friendly staff are knowledgeable in all aspects of international sea freight. We strive to build strong relationships with our clients making sure we understand every facet of their requirements.
Your best option for import sea freight will rely on a number of variables, including the volume, type, and whether more than one location is needed. We offer importers sea freighting quotes to various seaports in Australia. The major Australian seaports for which we provide an import freight quote are as follows:
- Sydney
- Melbourne
- Brisbane
- Adelaide
- Newcastle
- Gladstone
- Geelong
- Townsville
- Geraldton
- Port Hedland
- Hobart
- Launceston
- Darwin
- Fremantle
We oversee your:
- Reservations and pickup at the international seaport.
- Ocean shipping and delivery from an international seaport.
- Documentation for importation into the Australian ports.
- Clearing customs at the Australian ports.
We can handle your import marine freight swiftly and affordably thanks to our agreements with all major ocean carriers and coverage of all significant seaports throughout Australia.
Full Container Load – (FCL)
Are you importing a large volume of goods? Have a discussion with us to see if shipping cargo as FCL will save your shipping freight charges. We offer import sea freight features such as:
- Door-to-door import shipments to all locations in Australia
- Professional cargo handling for sea import
- Dedicated FCL operational staff
- Optimisation of your sea import transportation cost
- Availability of all types of containers for best fit when sea importing
Less than Container Load – (LCL)
Have you got smaller volume of goods to import from overseas? Then you can use LCL sea freight is the most cost-effective if you have a long lead time.
- Receipt of your cargo at the export side of the overseas seaport
- Consolidation of your cargo with others that are also LCL importing
- Issue of house bill of lading for your import
- Ocean shipment of your cargo being imported
- Deconsolidation on the import side of the overseas seaport and release to your consignee
- Availability of all types of containers for best fit when sea importing
Frequently Asked Questions
Still open questions?
As freight forwarders, we often get asked; ‘what is freight forwarding?’ Technically speaking, freight forwarding is the process of arranging and coordinating the transportation of goods or cargo from one location to another, often involving multiple modes of transportation and various logistics services, such as customs clearance, documentation, and insurance. Our freight forwarding services include everything needed to get your goods, freight or cargo from point A to point B; organizing all the communication, research, logistics and everything else required along the way while meeting your requirements.
- Bill of Lading
- Commercial Invoice
- Packing List
- Packing Declaration Form
- Fumigation Certificate (If applicable)
- Manufacturing Declaration (if applicable)
An Original Bill of Lading is produced and provided to the shipper. The shipper will either send the Original Bill of Lading to the importer or usually hold it until payment has been made. Upon the shipper’s authorisation to release goods, the Original Bill of Lading can be sent to the importer in which they can surrender it to the freight forwarding company to secure the release of the air freight or sea freight shipment.
A Seaway Bill of Lading is a document of title used on a trust basis between the Shipper and Importer. This means no Original Bill of Lading is required and goods are automatically authorised for release at destination.
In the case of a Telex Release Bill of Lading, an Original Bill of Lading is still issued to the shipper once cargo is on board. Once the shipper has decided to release their hold on the cargo, they will surrender the Original Bill of Lading back to the office of the shipping company that issued it rather than forward it on to the importer. The origin office for the shipping company will then electronically message their destination office to inform them that the Original Bill of Lading has been surrendered and to authorise release of the goods to the importer.
If you are covered by marine insurance – you can claim on your insurance for the cost of your cargo. On receiving notification that the goods are damaged, your forwarder will issue what’s called an “Intent to claim” to the cargo handler (which may be the airline, shipping line or co-loader).
An “Intent to Claim” identifies that damage has occurred and usually launches an investigation into how and where the goods were damaged.
Marine insurance is a type of insurance that provides coverage for goods, cargo, and vessels while they are being transported by sea or inland waterways. Marine Insurance covers loss or damage to the vessel itself (and any equipment or machinery onboard), loss or damage to the goods being transported (including damage caused by accidents, theft or natural disasters), and liability for damage to third-party property or injury to third parties (such as other ships, cargo and people).
You benefit from our experience in delivering effective solutions to the complex global supply chains of some of the world’s biggest corporations.
Our Innovative Customs Brokerage Solutions will save your cost and time meanwhile our Air and Sea Freight Services will be the best in Continent.
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