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List of Freight Forwarders in Guangzhou: Our Top 9 Picks

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Are you looking for a freight forwarder to ship your goods from Guangzhou? In this article, we list some of the leading freight forwarders based on the city.

For each of them, we provide a short description, a list of the services they offer, and company overview.

Listed Companies

  • Egoal International Logistics
  • China Highwin Limited
  • Goldenway
  • Guangzhou Jiahong Freight Agency
  • Guangzhou Haide Cargotrans
  • Target Logistics
  • ETDETA Global Logistics
  • Guangzhou Wahtrans World Freight Forwarding
  • Sunburst International Freight Forwarding

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List of Freight Forwarders in Thailand: Our Top 9 Picks

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About to import products from Thailand and need a reliable freight forwarder? In this guide, we list leading shipping companies based in Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Phuket. For each company, we provide a brief description and service overview.

Listed Companies

  • Dragon Inter Logistics
  • Axium Logistics
  • LWS Logistics
  • Asia Shipping & International Trading
  • Elephas Logistics
  • SM Logistics
  • TK Express Logistics
  • Bigmove Phuket
  • Chiangmai Pan Cargo Service

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List of Freight Forwarders in Hong Kong: Our Top 9 Picks

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List of Freight Forwarders in Hong Kong

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Are you looking to ship your goods from Hong Kong? In this article, we list some of the leading freight forwarders based in the city. For each of the companies that we selected, we provide a short description, a list of the services they offer, and a company overview.

Listed Companies

  • CN Logistics
  • Nissin Transportation & Warehousing (H.K.)
  • General Cargo Asia
  • ESA Logistics (HK)
  • On Time
  • China Freight (Hong Kong)
  • Jet World Logistics
  • Airtack Freight
  • Tomax Logistics

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List of Freight Forwarders in Shenzhen: Our Top 9 Picks

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Are you looking for a freight forwarder based in Shenzhen to ship your goods overseas? In this article, we introduce some of the leading freight forwarders in the city. For each of them, we provide a short description, offered services, and a company overview.

Listed Companies

  • Freight Solution
  • Longsail International Logistics
  • Shenzhen Cntrans International Logistics
  • Basenton Logistics
  • Access
  • Sinotech Logistics
  • Lucky-Link International Forwarding
  • Topway International Forwarding
  • Shenzhen GY Shipping

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List of Freight Forwarders in Ningbo: Our Top 8 Picks

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List of Freight Forwarders in Ningbo

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Are you looking for a freight forwarder in Ningbo to help you manage ocean or air freight? In this article, we list some of Ningbo’s leading freight forwarders, together with an overview of company information and freight services.

Listed Companies

  • SINO Shipping
  • Joint Link
  • Ningbo Jiarui Int’l Freight Forwarding
  • HLT Int’l Logistics (Ningbo)
  • Helka China
  • Ningbo Yushun International Logistics
  • Tongze International Logistics
  • Sunshine International Forwarding

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List of Freight Forwarders in Shanghai: Our Top 9 Picks

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List of Freight Forwarders in Shanghai

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Are you looking for a freight forwarder based in Shanghai offering sea or air freight? In this article, we list Shanghai-based shipping and logistics companies, together with a company introduction, list of freight services, and location.

Listed Companies

  • Shanghai SAGA
  • TRF Logistics
  • Dedola Global Logistics
  • BanSar
  • Shanghai E&T International Transportation
  • Shanghai Hamel Logistics
  • Worldcargo Logistics
  • Shanghai Zhongtai International
  • JM International Transportation

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Shipping Costs When Importing from China: A Complete Guide

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Trying to estimate shipping costs when importing products from China? In this guide, you’ll find a complete overview of the various freight costs, common pitfalls and how to ensure that you get quoted the right freight cost from your forwarder or supplier.

Shipping Cost Overview
  • Factory to Port Transportation
  • China Export Clearance
  • Freight Cost
  • Insurance
  • Document Delivery (DHL or FedEx)
  • Port Charges (Port of Destination)
  • Customs Bond (United States)
  • Domestic Transportation (Port of Destination to Final Address)
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  • Shipping quotation sample
  • How to understand a freight quotation
  • How to reduce your shipping costs from China
  • The cheapest ways to ship from China

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Sea Freight & Shipping from China: The Ultimate Guide

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Shipping by sea is the most cost-effective transportation method when importing from China, and elsewhere in Asia. That said, understanding how the shipping process works is as error-prone as it is tedious and mind-numbing – especially for small businesses without prior experience.

In this comprehensive guide, you will learn everything Amazon sellers and small businesses must about sea freight when importing from China.

This is covered

  • Incoterms
  • FCL and LCL Shipping
  • Shipping Insurance
  • Shipping Lead Times
  • Container Types
  • Export Packaging
  • Shipping Documents
  • Freight Cost Overview
  • Shipping Scams

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Top 9 Fulfillment Centers in China and Hong Kong 2019

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HK Fulfillment Centres

A Hong Kong or Mainland China-based fulfillment center can help you distribute products directly from the factory to customers all over the world.

In this article, we list the leading China-based fulfillment centers, including ZhenHub, Floship, Easyship, Exchain, Shipwire, and others.

In addition, we cover the following:

1. Potential tax issues with cross border e-commerce fulfillment

2. When does it make sense to use a fulfillment center in Hong Kong or Mainland China?

3. Should you select a fulfillment center in Hong Kong or Mainland China?

Interviews

  • How to reduce your fulfillment center costs: By Zhenhub
  • Interview with Steven Suh: Founder of Floship.com

What is a fulfillment center?

Fulfillment center offers e-commerce merchants warehousing (storage) and shipping services, that allows online businesses to operate without owning their own warehouse or physical storage space.

Sellers or e-commerce merchants can directly send their inventory to the fulfillment center from where it is shipped to their customers.

Most fulfillment centers are integrated with e-commerce marketplaces and platforms like Amazon (which also operate their own fulfillment centers, Shopify, and eBay, making it easier for merchants to manage inventory and delivery products. Continue reading Top 9 Fulfillment Centers in China and Hong Kong 2019

List of Shipping Companies in Vietnam: Top 7 Forwarders

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Vietnam forwarders

Exploring your options to shift production from China to Vietnam? You might find that your existing freight forwarder network doesn’t even operate in the latter. To make things a bit easier for you, we’ve compiled a list of shipping companies based in Vietnam. In addition, we also cover the following:

  • What should I look for when selecting a freight forwarder?
  • How do I get the cheapest freight rate from Vietnam?
  • I need to ship materials and components from China to Vietnam. How do I arrange that?

What should I look for when selecting a freight forwarder?

You don’t necessarily need to work with a forwarder that is headquartered in Vietnam, to import goods from the country. That said, far from all freight forwarders operate in Vietnam, which is, therefore, the primary selection criteria.

Keep in mind that most forwarders covering Vietnam don’t have their own offices or warehouses there, but work closely with local agencies. There’s nothing odd with this setup. It’s simply the way the logistics industry works. Once you’ve worked out whether your forwarder can manage shipments from Vietnam, I suggest you ask them the following questions:

  • Which ports in Vietnam are covered in your network?
  • Do they have their own offices in Vietnam, or do they work with third parties?
  • Do they offer land transport between Vietnam and China?
  • Do they offer domestic land transportation?
  • Do you handle both sea and air freight?
  • Do you offer LCL shipping?

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