Sea freight to and from Rotterdam and Antwerp
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Port agent in Rotterdam and Antwerp
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Import, export and cross trade
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Integrated agent in India
FCL or LCL: which fits your shipment?
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FCL: full container
Your cargo fills a complete container. Alongside standard 20ft and 40ft containers we arrange reefers for temperature controlled cargo, and flat racks and open tops for pieces too tall, too wide or too heavy for a closed container.
- Faster than LCL
- Lower risk of damage
- One rate per container
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LCL: shared container
Your cargo is consolidated with other shipments in one container. Cost effective at smaller volumes, and for importers who prefer to order more often in smaller quantities rather than tie up capital in a full load.
- Affordable at low volume
- Frequent sailings
- No minimum quantity
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Port agent, not intermediary
We deal with terminals, carriers and inland operators directly.
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Our own house bill of lading
Documents issued in house, so release and corrections never wait on a third party.
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Customs, both directions
Import and export clearance managed end to end through our brokers.
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Integrated agent in India
Works in our systems and issues our HBL, with control at the load port.
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Cross trade
Shipments between two foreign ports, such as Livorno to Brunswick, with control staying with us.
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Demurrage prevention
We start clearance before arrival or before loading, so demurrage, detention and storage are avoided.
Your cargo, our experience
Markets
We know the documentation, the procedures and the pitfalls that come with your sector.
Markets
Trade lanes
Europe
Within Europe capacity is rarely the problem, but documentation and excise requirements differ per country and that is easily underestimated. We combine road, short sea, rail and barge, and advise which combination fits your delivery window and your budget.
North America
The United States applies strict advance filing rules, including ISF and AMS, with data due before loading rather than on arrival. We arrange those filings and ship steel regularly into Savannah and New Orleans and machinery through Brunswick on RoRo, including cross trade loaded at European ports outside the Netherlands.
Asia & Middle East
Asia is our main origin region and also where much of our cross trade runs: shipments such as Mundra to Port Klang that never touch a European quay. Our integrated agent in India negotiates rates and keeps control at the load port. In the Middle East we work through established agents and our G7 and UCN networks.
Africa
Across Africa, regulations, port capacity and inspection regimes vary widely and change at short notice. Local knowledge decides whether cargo moves or sits. We work through vetted network partners who know the port and the authorities, and who handle our embassy shipments to West and East Africa.
South America
Longer transit times, seasonal peaks and demanding customs procedures call for planning well ahead. We book early, keep documentation complete from the outset and keep you informed while the cargo is at sea.
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Case: Urgent food shipment, off the terminal within 48 to 72 hours
On an urgent shipment several things have to be arranged at once. We request release from the carrier, have the direct representation authorisation and, where needed, the limited fiscal representation set up through our customs broker, have the declaration filed and line up the onward transport. Because those steps run alongside each other, the container does not wait for one step to finish before the next begins.
The result
From notification to a container on chassis within 48 to 72 hours, inside the free days.