Summary: Sea Freight Worldwide

The solution allows benchmarking sea freight rates for FCL.

Geographical Coverage

Our sea freight benchmarking solution is available for seaports and locations across the globe. You provide to the API your precise GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for both pick-up and delivery locations and the associated service type (see below).

Service Type

You can include the pre and post carriage rates in our benchmark if your location is not an airport. The pre and post carriage rates are specifically for road transportation.

CodeDescription
ptpPortt o port
dtpDoor to port (pre carriage included)
ptdPort to door (post carriage included)
dtdDoor to door (pre and post carriage included)

Container types

You can benchmark one or more containers between the types below:

CodeDescriptionDimensions
20GP20-ft General Purpose20ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40GP40-ft General Purpose40ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40HC40-ft High Cube40ft x 8ft x 9ft 6in
20RF20-ft Reefer20ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40RF40-ft Reefer40ft x 8ft x 8ft 6in
40RH40-ft High Cube Reefer40ft x 8ft x 9ft 6in

Hazardous Goods

You can benchmark transport with or without hazardous goods included in the shipment.

Terminal Handling Charges

Terminal Handling Charges cover the costs associated with handling containers at ports or terminals, including loading and unloading containers. THC fees are typically applicable to both import and export shipments and are charged per container. The charges can vary depending on the ports.

Dates

The benchmarking process provides prices for specific routes on selected dates, including past dates starting from January 1, 2017 to today.