Containers from China to USA

We can roughly divide U.S. importers of goods from China into two basic types, one is traditional importers, and the other is e-commerce importers. The former mostly have their own companies, are large in scale, and have the Rich import experience, the latter is an independent importer since the establishment of the Amazon platform and Walmart e-commerce platform. It is small in scale but highly flexible. It can adjust its product selection and sales direction in a timely manner according to market trends.

In more than ten years of operation, we have cooperated with both kinds of importers. This article mainly describes the types of logistics services in the logistics industry that are suitable for traditional importers, so as to provide reference for new import companies. Of course Logistics inquiries from importers who need transportation services are also very welcome. We Friendship International Co., Ltd. will give you the most satisfactory quotation.

 

Large-volume goods mainly transported in containers are the preference of traditional importers

Relatively speaking, large and well-established importers prefer to use containers to transport their goods. Of course, in the early product selection and sampling stage, they use air express to transport their products.Of course, the premise is that these traditional and powerful importers have their own independent warehouses so that they can store their goods for a long time. However, we now have more than 50 warehouses in the  United States, and we can also provide warehousing leasing services. Facilitate the early stage operations of new companies.

Container service transportation has its own special benefits,here are the details:

1. For the same weight andvolume, container shipping costs are often lower than bulk shipping costs. First of all, we need to understand a basic logistics knowledge. In international logistics, sea transportation is usually divided into two ways, one is container transportation and the other is bulk transportation. The professional expressions are FCL (Full Container Load) and LCL (less than container load). As for why the price is lower, let’s give an example. The LCL price to a random private address in California in the western United States is $1 per kilogram. If the weight that 40HC can store is 20,000kg, then the LCL price of its DDP service The price of the goods is about 20,000 US dollars. However, if this goods is loaded into a 40HC, it only costs 5,800 US dollars of all.

2. Product procurement cost stability, Of course, this also needs to be discussed based on the market cycles of different products and cannot be generalized. For products that are in urgent need with core competitiveness, their importers will purchase in large quantities when the procurement cost is low, when the market is good, the importers will store a lot of goods, when selling, it can bring them a lot of profits. As long as the market prospect is good for durable and low-purchase cost products, customers will purchase in large quantities after completing sample quality inspection and market research so that they can be put on the market in time.

3. Product safety; For high-value products or machinery-based goods, container transportation can better protect and preserve the goods, and usually when transporting this type of products, we will require suppliers to safely package the goods during packaging. Require suppliers to use wooden frames, foam boards, or wooden boxes for packaging. During the process of loading goods into containers. We will also have professional loading personnel to operate cranes and forklifts, or guide people in the factory to perform more professional loading.

4. Privacy protection for special products and customerdemand; Some new products are based on design drawings provided by customers and are mass-produced by production factories in China. For marketing and sales, they are usually packed into containers during transportation, which can effectively avoid announcing their products in advance. Sometimes customers They themselves also want a container with only their own products. We will provide different logistics services according to the different needs of customers.

Reliable shipping companies and freight forwarders

There are many ships shipping from China to the United States, and the corresponding shipping companies are also mixed. How to find reliable and stable shipping companies and freight forwarders is very important for importers.

Reliable shipping company:

Introduction to the world's top twenty shipping companies

1. Maersk (MAERSK): The Maersk Group was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark; the Maersk Group established an office in Guangzhou in 1984, which was its first office in China; it ranks first in the world in terms of transport capacity, with 202, 8048TEU, 540 container ships, including the world's largest post-Panamax container ship Ellen Maersk. There is no place that Maersk cannot reach, not even a small Pacific island or an inland point in Africa. Mainly FOB goods, CIF mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia, Africa, Central and South America and Eastern Europe.

 

2. Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. MSC was established in 1970. In 2007, it became the world's second largest shipping company in terms of container shipping capacity and number of container ships, with business networks all over the world.

 

3. French CMA CGM, headquartered in Marseille, France, was founded in 1978. In the early days of its operation, it mainly undertook business in the Black Sea region. In the late 1990s, the CMA CGM Group not only opened services from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe, the Red Sea, Southeast Asia, and East Asia Direct routes, it also successfully acquired France's largest state-owned shipping company - CGM (CGM) and ANL (ANL) - in 1996 and 1999 respectively, and officially changed its name to "CMA CGM". In 2005, CMA CGM successfully acquired CMA CGM, becoming the first global container carrier in France and third in the world.

 

4. Evergreen Shipping Co., Ltd. was founded on September 1, 1968. At the beginning, it only operated a 20-year-old general cargo ship. Although it was difficult to make progress, it has grown in the long run. Adhering to the business philosophy of "creating profits, taking care of employees, and giving back to the society", Rong Shipping has created many great achievements in history. To date, it operates a total of about 150 full container ships, ranking first in the world in terms of fleet size and container carrying capacity. status.

 

5. China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) is one of the 53 directly managed extra-large ministerial-level central enterprises directly managed by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. Its predecessor was China Ocean Shipping Company established on April 27, 1961. After the historical evolution of China Overseas Shipping Company, International Business Bureau, Ocean Shipping Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, and China Ocean Shipping Company, China Ocean Shipping Group is a large multinational conglomerate with international shipping, logistics terminals and ship repair and maintenance as its main businesses. According to Fortune Ranked 327th among the world's top 500 companies.

 

6. Hapag-Lloyd (HPG), Hapag-Lloyd was born on September 1, 1970, abbreviated as: HPG

 

7. American Presidential Lines (APL), American Presidential Lines was formerly the Pacific Mail Line founded in 1848. Over the past century and a half, APL has undergone exciting changes to become one of the world's top five shipping and logistics services companies. In 1997, it merged with Singapore's NOL GROUP.

 

8. China Shipping (CSCL). In 1997, the Ministry of Transportation passed an administrative order and forcibly combined the three shipping bureaus of Dalian, Guangzhou, and Shanghai together, euphemistically calling it China Shipping Group. China Shipping Container Lines has more than 160 ships with an overall carrying capacity of more than 600,000 TEUs, ranking among the top 10 liner companies in the world. There are more than 80 international and domestic container routes in more than 100 countries around the world, with more than 300 global agent outlets, fully realizing "marketing network and service integration".

 

9. Nippon Cruise Line (NYK), Nippon Yusen Line was established in 1885 and is now one of the world's top shipping companies. NYK's purpose is to maximize the use of information technology to provide customers with logistics and transportation services.

 

10. Hanjin Shipping (HANJIN), Hanjin Shipping is the largest shipping company in South Korea and one of the top ten shipping companies in the world. It operates more than 60 shipping companies around the world with a fleet of more than 200 container ships, bulk carriers and liquefied natural gas carriers. There are regular and irregular routes, transporting hundreds of millions of tons of cargo to all parts of the world every year.

 

11. Mitsui Lines (MOL), Mitsui Lines, Nippon Yusen Line and Kawasaki Kisen Line are known as Japan's three shipping companies. They rank first in Japan in terms of net profit and total market value, and their sales are second only to Nippon Yusen Line.

 

12. Orient Overseas (OOCL), Orient Overseas is one of the world's largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies.

 

13. Yang Ming Shipping (YML)

 

14. Hamburg Süd (HABSUD), Hamburg Süd (HABSUD) was founded in 1871 and belongs to the German Oetker Group. It is the oldest and largest private shipping company in Germany and one of the top 20 liner companies in the world.

 

15. Kawasaki Kisen (‘K’ LINE), Japan Kawasaki Kisen Co., Ltd. is one of the three largest shipping companies in Japan and one of the top ten shipping companies in the world.

 

16. South American Steamship (CSAV), South American Steamship CSAV (South American Steamship) Company is currently the largest shipping company in South America. It was founded in 1872 and is a shipping trading enterprise headquartered in Chile.

 

17. ZIM Shipping Lines (CSAV), ZIM Integrated Shipping Co., Ltd. is one of the largest container shipping companies in the world. Its main business is to provide transportation services on major international routes to customers around the world.

 

18. South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) (Hyundai Merchant Marine, HMM) was established in 1976 and has now grown into the world's largest multimodal shipping company. The fleet includes container fleets, LNG, oil tankers, bulk carriers, etc.

 

19. Pacific International Shipping (PIL), Pacific International Shipping (PIL), has developed significantly as one of Asia's representative shipping companies and is one of the largest shipping companies in Asia. One of the six major liner association members in the world. This company is the best in launching routes to East Africa and Western Asia. PIL (Pacific Shipping Lines) has the best service compared to other shipping companies and can enjoy priority customs clearance rights. The price is relatively cheap and the service is fast.

 

20. United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) was established in July 1979 by shareholders of six Persian Gulf countries (Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). The largest container liner company in the Middle East, its operational reliability has been proven by its good business performance in the past.

 

Fortunately, we have reached direct cooperation with these shipping companies in the past ten years or so. We can even get Maersk's agreed price for prepaid goods. Usually, the price with an agreed price is much lower than the price without an agreed price.

It is also very necessary to choose a reliable and efficient freight forwarder. Generally, China's freight forwarders are divided into grades. The best freight forwarder is a first-hand freight forwarder, orclass Afreight forwarder. It has a price contract signed directly with the shipping company.

The price of A-class freight forwarding is a low-price channel in the market. Such freight forwarding companies are strong in China and have good carrying capacity. Of course, because there are thousands of freight forwarding companies in China now, both A-class freight forwarding and B-class freight forwarding are preferred freight forwarding companies.

Importing products from China to the United States can bring huge profits to your business

Importersneed to do research and use a strong and reputable freight forwarder

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