Freight · one shipment, four ways
Every day you take off the water has a price.
The same 12 m³ from China to Germany, moved four different ways. Below they run against one clock — and the freight invoice comes apart line by line.
€0.26 – €0.40cheapest per unit
18–24days
12 m³units in the batch
One shipment, four ways to move it.
Cost per unit and days in transit. Longest bar is the most expensive, not the slowest — that is usually the surprise.
Sea, groupage
32–38 days
€0.26 – €0.40 · cheapest per unit
Sea, 20' container
30–35 days
€0.42 – €0.64
Sea, 40' container
30–35 days
€0.60 – €0.88
Sea, 40' High Cube
30–35 days
€0.62 – €0.90
Rail
18–24 days
€0.92 – €1.30
The rate you were quoted is one of several lines.
Forwarders quote the ocean leg because it wins comparisons. The surcharges arrive later, on separate documents, and that is where an import budget quietly breaks. We pass carrier rates through untouched and charge our fee openly.
Ask for the whole invoice before you book.
Tell us the route and the product — we come back with all the lines, not just the one that looks good.
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