To avoid any delays during transportation, we recommend you to book your shipment well ahead of the cargo ready date, especially during peak seasons when capacity is low and prices are on the rise.
It’s hard to generalize the timing, so let’s take a look at the different modes:
- FCL Sea: If you book the container shipment 14 days ahead of the cargo ready date, we can get the cargo loaded on the vessel about seven days after the cargo ready date. Find the timeline of an exemplary FCL shipment here.
- LCL Sea: Due to the additional steps associated with a less-than-container shipment, i.e. the consolidation of multiple shipments into one container, the recommended time to book your shipment is 14 days before the cargo ready date. Find the timeline of an exemplary LCL shipment here.
- Air: For shipments transported by airplane, we recommend you to book about 10 days before the cargo ready date. This is the timeline of an exemplary air shipment.
While you will receive an instant quotation on most offerings, please keep in mind that we generate manual quotes for some requests, which can take 24-48 hours. Add this time to your calculation whenever you request a quotation that falls into these categories.
