In respect of using our Online FCL Ocean Freight Price Calculator, Sea Freight (Option A) does NOT include cost of inland container(s) pre-carriage to a place of load. Ocean Freight is the price for container(s) transfer between seafreight carriers Container Yards only. Option B in our Online FCL Ocean Freight Price Calculator provides complete shipping cost / FOB including a price of inland container(s) pre-carriage to a place of load at origin (in the USA). There are two methods of seafreight containers stuffing at a time of loads: ‘Live Load’ (The default option in our online price quote) and ‘Drop and Pick’ (Not always available. ‘Drop and Pick’ must be re-requested separately upon receipt a ‘Live Load’ freight price quote). A 'LIVE LOAD' - An International Transportation Company's driver should get a sea freight container to your place of load. Then he/she will wait until you load, secure and seal the container for the international shipment. There is a free loading time limit for live loads. It may vary from one to two hours. If you exceed the free time limit, then there will be a fee of approximately $75 per hour for each additional hour of loading time.
A 'DROP AND PICK' - An International Transportation Company's driver should deliver a sea freight container to your place of load. Then he/she will leave the ocean freight container for a few days. After it is loaded it will be picked up and returned to the international transportation company's container yard (CY). Note: 'Drop and Pick' may cost approximately twice as much as 'Live load'. However, with 'Drop and Pick' the shipper takes his/her time on the loading of sea freight containers. If your place of load is near the container yard of an International Transportation Company then the cost with 'Drop and Pick' should not be much higher than with 'Live load'. The added shipping expense might be worth incurring due to not having the time constrains of loading and securing the ocean freight container. However, if you are located a good distance from International Transportation Company’s container yard, it is possible that a 'Live load' will be the only option available. NOTICE: By default our Online Sea freight Price Calculator provides price quotes for ‘Live Load’ only (the option B). If you need a 'Drop and Pick' then write about that in the 'Comments and Questions' field on the bottom of our online booking form of at a time of booking your shipment via our Online Sea freight Price Calculator. |