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It seems very difficult for new importers to figure out the container shipping in China. Why should we use container shipping? How to get container shipping quotes? How to compare and get a cheap quote? How to choose shipping forwarder and shipping companies? What factors influence shipping prices? So on and so forth. We will guide you through on how to get cheap sea container quote.
Why use container shipping?
Sea container shipping isn’t the only shipping solution, but practically it is most popular and cheap solution. You have air freight, sea freight and land freight to choose from. Air freight is very expensive, and of course fast. Sea container shipping is cheap, but it will take around a month to 45 days for your container to arrive U.S Ports. For quantity international shipping, if the delivery time is not urgent, mostly we will use sea container shipping. Land shipping normally used when buyer and seller are in two countries connected to each other.
How to get container shipping quotes from China shipping forwarder?
Normally, we get container shipping quotes from shipping forwarder, but if your quantity is really big enough, you can contact shipping companies to get further discount. There are many websites of shipping forwarders online that we can get container shipping quotes from one port to another port. On those websites, you can get general quotes(not accurate). For accurate quote, all you need to do is contact the contact information of shipping forwarders on the website, compare price and check what the best discount you can get. Shipping forwarder will also help you with customs clearance. Shipping forwarders can get bulk price from shipping companies, the bigger the shipping forwarder companies are, the more discount they can get.
So simply go to www.google.com, search ocean container shipping forwarder, you will get millions of results.
What things influence shipping pricing in China?
The following factors will influence container shipping price:
1. On peak season, the container shipping price will be leveraged upwards.
2. When the oil price go up, the shipping price go up too.
3. Different shipping companies have difference price, for example, Maersk(main shipping company, expensive but high-quality service, and normally faster than other shipping companies) are always more expensive than other shipping companies.
4. The capacity or scale of forwarder companies. If the forward companies is big enough, they will be able to get best discounts from shipping companies, then their price will be better than small forwarder companies. Some medium and small shipping forwarder companies don’t contact directly with shipping companies because they are not big enough, they contact big forwarder companies instead. And in that case, their price is less competitive.
Some useful resources links:
World-class main shipping companies: http://www.worldshipping.org/mem.html
Container size: http://www.rock-itcargo.com/container_sizes.html
Container type: http://www.plsll.com/containers.htm
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