Freight & Shipping

This information can save you a significant amount of money -- you might want to consider getting a cup of coffee or whatever -- this may take a little while.

If you understood more about how to order a mix of products that utilizes cargo space more effectively; more about cargo rates and how they work; more about how containers actually move along in their travels; and more about how (and where) to buy appropriate insurance for your order; and finally, how to handle your order once it reaches your port ...

...then not only would your life (the part that is involved with ordering from someplace like Indonesia) be less stressful, but actually you would save a helluva a lot of money (you do want to keep the profit in your pocket, don't you?) It's interesting -- Indonesia Export only has two types of customers: 20' and 40' container buyers -- whose orders run approximately $7,000.00-$12,000.00 and $12,000.00-$30,000.00 respectively.

At this time, about 60% of our customers order full 20' containers and our remaining customers buy 40' & 40' High Cube containers. These customers already understand the great savings in freight costs and the other added advantages of using containers (though it still may be useful for you container buyers to read on)...

...however, I'm really trying to talk to new customers who may know very little about moving a shipment around the world. The first thing you need to know is that there are 5 ways cargo can move from here to you:

1. LCL Sea Cargo (less than a container - charged per cubic meter) 2. 20' Container (30 cubic meters) 3. 40' Container (60 cubic meters) 4. 40' High Cube Container (72 cubic meters) 5. Air Cargo

LCL & Full Containers

We will not ship an LCL order (less than a container load), but it would be good for you to understand why we won't do that. (Basically the worst & most expensive way to go because shipping companies