*Sea logistics services* = moving your cargo internationally by ocean freight, plus all the handling around it.
*Core services included:*
1. *Ocean freight booking*
- *FCL*: Full Container Load - you book a whole 20ft/40ft container
- *LCL*: Less than Container Load - your goods share space with others
- *Break bulk / RORO*: For oversized cargo, vehicles, machinery that doesn’t fit containers
2. *Port handling & documentation*
- Container pickup from factory/warehouse
- Export customs clearance, VGM filing, Bill of Lading
- Port terminal charges, THC, CFS stuffing
- Import customs clearance, delivery order, port-to-door delivery
3. *Value-added services*
- *Warehousing*: Storage at origin/destination ports
- *Insurance*: Marine cargo insurance for transit risks
- *Tracking*: Container tracking, ETA updates
- *Consolidation*: Combining multiple suppliers into one shipment
- *Door-to-door*: From your supplier’s factory to your warehouse
*When to use sea freight:*
- *Cost-effective* for heavy/bulky goods over long distances
- *Slower* than air: India to US/Europe is 25-45 days port to port
- *Best for*: Furniture, textiles, machinery, raw materials, large shipments not urgent
*What affects your cost:*
- Container type: 20ft vs 40ft vs 40ft HC
- Port pair: Nhava Sheva to Rotterdam vs Mundra to LA
- Peak season surcharges, bunker fuel, currency
- Inland trucking, customs, destination charges
