Ocean freight
Sea transportation is considered the most economical mode of long-distance transportation, being at the same time the most time-consuming.
ASL Sea Freight is a full-service logistics consultancy and shipping solution.
ASL Sea Freight, through a network of its own offices, agents and partners, delivers and picks up shipments around the world in a holistic service tailored to the customer’s needs.
ASL Sea Freight offers comprehensive sea freight services, including:
- Container sea freight FCL and LCL with pick-up and delivery to the destination by other means of transport under a unified bill of lading;
- Customs service related to transportation;
- Insurance of goods in transit;
- Management of necessary shipping documentation, including those related to consolidation of general cargo shipments and port handling;
- Inspection of transported goods;
- Provide port services, phytosanitary and veterinary services;
- Transitional storage in the warehouse of shipments or packaging of goods, including at controlled temperatures;
- Securing and packing shipments for ocean transportation;
- Consolidation for general cargo shipments and containerization;
- Transportation of single, general cargo, dedicated or consolidated cargo.
ASL Sea Freight experts will explain how:
- looks like the process of shipping;
- What Incoterms terms to choose;
- customs clearance in the import or export process takes place;
- Prepare the necessary documents for shipping;
- pack the shipment or container.
The advantages of shipping are a cost-effective solution for international and intercontinental shipments, as well as the best transportation of oversized cargo over long distances.
Maritime cargo transportation includes such modes as:
- FCL or LTL shipment transportation,
- general cargo,
- temperature-controlled transportation,
- Transportation of non-standard shaped or oversized goods,
- Break bulk transportation including min. goods that by weight or size exceed the possibility of containerization,
- industrial and project logistics.
All shipments and any type of goods can be transported by sea. In particular, shipping has the advantage of transporting oversized goods, dangerous goods – including batteries and electronics, explosives and flammables. By default, palletization and containerization are used to transport shipments, although wood, refrigerated, bulk or liquid goods are also transported by ship using specialized bulk carriers or tankers.
Sea Freight offered by ASL Sea Freight is provided comprehensively with pickup from the shipper’s site and delivery to the port, and pickup from the port and delivery to the designated address using other modes of transportation. Depending on the location of the place of shipment and the final consignee, road or rail transportation may additionally be used, effectively reducing the cost.
ASL, as a logistics operator, offers comprehensive solutions and supports the implementation of logistics activities also in case of unforeseen difficulties, such as bad weather conditions, the need to change the route. Working with agents and partners, it offers global solutions for the entire supply chain ensuring timely and on-time delivery according to needs and requirements.
