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PPE Chartered Flight

NHS PPE supplies being loaded onto a chartered plane, May 2020

Sea Freight

The most cost effective delivery option

Customs

We take care of export and import documents

DHL Courier

A balance between speed and cost.

Containers

Container Loading

Containers

Ship either FCL or LCL

We work with the world’s best worldwide freight and logistics partners to look after all sea and air freight, customs clearance, bills of lading, certificates of origins, duties, tariff classification, haulage and shipping insurance to give you complete peace of mind. We can also offer pre-shipping and factory inspections.

Sea/Air transit times

SEA: Typical port-to-port shipping time from China to Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia is 10-20 days, depending on the shipping line. Bulk NBR is sent by sea in Flexitanks or IBC tanks.
Sea freight to the UK/EU is 24-29 days, depending on the port of departure and arrival.  Transport from the Chinese factory to port, loading and customs clearance can typically take 6-10 days.

AIR: Regular freight flights leave all major China cities on a daily basis. The great advantage of air freight is the speed, but it is more expensive than sea freight. Door to door air transport typically takes 6-12 days. Air Freight is only used for PPE and NBR sample. 

An alternative to airfreight is air express courier and rates from China are considerably less expensive than rates from many other countries. In many occasions air courier (DHL/Fedex/Etc) door-to-door can work out cheaper than airfreight for deliveries of less than 100kgs volume, because air courier typically includes customs clearance and inland transportation. Timescales are 3-10 days. 

FCL/LCL

FCL is a Full Container Load and LCL is Less-than Container Load. Generally LCL has a longer transit time compared to a FCL – with LCL the shipping company has to gather enough people to fill the container. The container has also to be loaded and unpacked at depots increasing time. Transit times are still within the timescales mentioned above. With an FCL shipment the whole container is loaded onto a truck at the destination port and delivered to your premises.

This page is for your information so don’t worry if you don’t understand all of the requirements – that’s why we are here.  We will look after everything for you and choose the best delivery method for your product.

Remember to Contact Us if you have any questions.