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Personal Goods With Ocean Freight
Personal goods relate to a range of shipment from a single gift item
to the entire unaccompanied baggage involved in a transfer of residence.
Sky2C has developed a unique reputation for efficient, timely, and cost-effective
solutions for moving personal goods. The following tips will assist
you in ensuring a safe and trouble free transportation of your goods
to their desired location.
Following are some of the variables that determine the cost of ocean
shipping:-
- Place of origin and destination of the cargo to be shipped
- Size of shipping - volume here plays a major and weights a minor role
- Type of material - for example, hazardous and perishable and refrigerated
materials require special handling and are subject to extra charges
We provide two types of services to minimize your cost of shipping:
LCL (Less than full container load)
- Here the cost is based on volume (cubic
feet). In this service, we consolidate your shipment with those
of others in a 20- or 40-foot container and pass on the resulting
savings to you, our customer.
- If the total volume of your cargo is more than 600 cft, than it
might be breakeven to ship same in a 20' container or if you are in
no rush and want to save some money, than the same can be consolidated.
- Regardless of weight, the dimensions of individual items must not
exceed 224" (length) x 88" (width) x 90" (height).
- Charges for loading into a container is included in the price quoted
for shipping.
- Final price is based on the exterior dimensions of the box, carton,
pallet or crate. Pricing is based on the shipment being delivered
to our freight station; a pick-up from place can be arranged at an
additional cost. If you are shipping loose cartons, especially over
100 lbs., they should preferably be palletized
. Highly valued, furniture, bulky and fragile items should be
crated.
- We also consider some Inland points as Port. These Inland points
are far from the Sea Ports but since these points have Customs office
for exports or imports, we consider them as Port. For example: CHICAGO
in USA, Munich in Germany or New Delhi in India.
- You can ship upto 1000 kgs (2200 lbs) in each cubic meter and there
of without incurring any extra cost.
Tips:-
In most of the cases, It is highly recommended to ship your goods via
Sea as LCL, when
- You have more than 100 kgs/220 lbs or 35 cft/1 cbm
- You can wait for the transit time quoted
- Price is main concern
Procedure at Destination:-
When shipment arrives at destination, you are intimated by our agent
or steamship lines agent about the arrival of shipment and you can approach
their office to proceed for claiming your shipment. There might be some
terminal charges and agents handling fee payable at destination.
You also are required to get your shipment cleared through customs and
arrange transportation from port to your door. In process of clearance,
any duties or taxes payable at destination shall be paid as per applicable
tariff of the country where goods are imported.
If you have not been quoted for destination services, feel free to ask
your sales representative at sky2c for a complete package of destination
services.
Requirement if you are packing/marking/preparing
list of contents
- Each box/carton must be properly packed & marked with number,
your name & destination address before you hand over to us.
- At the time of booking with us, you will get a BOOKING NUMBER, and
this number must be labeled on each box/carton for identification purpose.
- We must get a packing list from you stating what is there in each
carton and if you are buying insurance, we will require you to breakdown
value for each item in the box. You don't have to be detail about listing
items. For example if you have books, you can simply state BOOKS. If
you have tools, just specify TOOLS. But value must be mentioned separately
for Books as well Tools even though they are packed in same box..
- Suitcases are allowed. Make sure that there is no Fragile stuff in
Suitcases.
FCL (Full Container
Load):- Refer to boxes for
specifications for container
- Containers can be trucked/drayed to
your house/storage/loading area. Usually trucker who brings container
to your premises, allow 2 hours free time and thereafter a waiting
fee is charged. Alternatively, trucker can leave container for upto
7 days at your premises, also at an additional cost. This allows you
enough time to load/supervise loading. IN EITHER CASE, WE HIGHLY
RECOMMEND YOU TO VERIFY THAT ITS OK TO PARK CONTAINER FOR WHATEVER
TIME YOU NEED. THIS IS NORMALLY VERIFIED THROUGH YOUR CITY OFFICE.
YOU CAN ALSO GET PERMIT (IF REQUIRED) TO HAVE CONTAINER SIT FOR THE
REQUIRED TIME.
- They are always attached to chassis, which makes their height approximately
4' from the ground.
- Oversized cargo can be accommodated on special sized equipment,
e.g., open top and flat rack containers.
- Containers are always attached to chassis, which makes their height
approximately 4' from the ground. There is NO RAMP attached to the
chassis.
- Usually 2-3 Bedroom house can fit into a 20' container whereas 4-6
Bedroom house can accommodate in a 40'.
- If you are shipping an automobile with your personal goods, it can
be loaded in the same container with personal goods.
- You can arrange packing & loading on your own or check with
Sky2c for the option on packing either partial or full.
- Price of shipping containers is based on Port to Port basis. We
also consider some Inland points as Port. These Inland points are
far from the Sea Ports but since these points have Customs office
for exports or imports, we consider them as Port. For example: CHICAGO
in USA, Munich in Germany or New Delhi in India. Usually containers
from Inland points to Sea Ports are moved via Rail. Cost for moving
via Rail is also included in the freight cost.
- Feel free to contact us, If you have not been quoted by your sales
rep. at Sky2c for services like: Packing
/Loading/Unloading/Unpacking/Setup/Removal of debris/Documentation
@ Origin/Port Charges at destination/Customs
Clearance/Examination Expense/Delivery to your residence
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