Ocean shipping or transport is the transport of persons or goods by boat, ship, sailboat, or inland vessel, over all distances that vessels can travel over water, such as oceans, lakes, canals, or rivers. It refers to freight/freight carried by a cargo shipper overseas, such as FCL and LCL transport.
While more and more people nowadays opt for transport by air, forwarding goods by the ocean will always remain popular. It makes the world’s most important waterways an essential and integral part of the global economy.
Despite fluctuating exchange rates and taxes on carriers’ freight charges, ocean freight is still a cheap and popular means of long-haul freight transport, accounting for about 80% of international cargo export.
To get a clear picture of the total costs of a sea cargo export, you must consider the following matters;
The other essential advantages are as follows; efficiency, safety, and environmental friendliness as compared to other modes of freight transportation.
APS divided cargo types into the following categories: Container Cargo, Liquid Bulk, Dry cargo, Breakbulk, Reefer cargo and Roll-on / Roll-off, Reefer cargo.
Asia Pacific Shipping offers smart, safe, and secure solutions for oversized freight along with a standard container. We can book the space or container for your goods and take care of them being loaded onto the ship at the port of origin, forwarding them overseas to the importer at the destination port.
We can adapt the itinerary to multiple models; port to port, door to port, port to door, or door to door, including inland haulage solutions for pickup and delivery by truck. For a reliable and efficient way to transport your freight, drop us your query.
