Re: Any experience with sea Import?
I guess whats probably happened is OP might have, i'm guessing, about 1 cbm of goods if he has been quoted 700 dollars for DHL and subsequently $50 for sea freight. So this would go via LCL (less than container load)
The mistake in comparing these 2 prices is that once the LCL cargo arrives at the port OP will be hit with the following additional charges on top of the freight cost:
PSC fee (Port Service Charge), SCA fee (Service Charge due Agent), D/O fee (Deliver Order), THC fee (Terminal Handling Charge), TSF fee (Terminal Security Fee)
IPF fee (Import Processing Fee).
This is why OP needs to request a door to door quote from forwarder to make sure he can compare the air and sea freight costs accurately.
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