Worldwide Sea Freight Services
Friendly Cargo Services is your trusted, independent sea freight partner. We provide reliable and cost-effective services for international sea transportation. Whether you’re shipping a one-off consignment or a vast number of container loads per year, we can provide seamless and bespoke ocean shipping solutions. Our experience and knowledge of international freight forwarding and customs requirements, enables us to manage the transit of your cargo seamlessly, regardless of its origin or intended destination.
Our Sea Freight Services
Economical Sea Freight Forwarding
UK / EU import and export covering over 150+ destinations and all major international trade lanes
Competitive sea freight rates with major shipping lines.
Warehousing facilities close to major ports.
End-to-end freight management and guidance solutions.
A team of experts in sea freight forwarding.
A number of added-value services to the supply chain.
Experts in Cross Trade with contacts all over the globe.
Full or Part Container Loads
We leverage the best and biggest ocean carriers to offer full container load (FCL) and less-than-container load (LCL) shipments to and from major ports across the globe. If you need to ship a smaller volume of goods that will not fill an entire container, our less-than-container load cargo may be the perfect solution.
Full container loads (FCL).
Less-than-container loads (LCL).
Cargo consolidation and deconsolidation services.
Container haulage, loading and unloading.
Hazardous, dangerous and sensitive cargo handling.
Documentation processing.
Marine cargo insurance.
Worldwide export and import customs brokerage.
GLOSSARY OF SHIPPING TERMS
This short guide to shipping terms/Incoterms aims to help the sellers and buyer allocate their risks and costs during the transportation of freight for international trade. Visit the ICC site, for a full list of Incoterms.
EX WORKS (EXW)
The seller makes the goods available to be collected at their premises and the buyer is responsible for transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
FREE CARRIER (FCA)
The seller gives the goods, cleared for export, to the buyer’s carrier at a specified place. The buyer is responsible for transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
FREE ON BOARD (FOB)
The seller pays the costs incurred up to cargo loaded onto ship, container, aircraft. The buyer is responsible for transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
DELIVERED AT FRONTIER (DAF)
The seller pays the transport costs to arrival the specified border point. The buyer is responsible for transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
CARRIAGE PAID TO (CPT)
The seller pays to transport the goods to the specified destination. The buyer is responsible for transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
CARRIAGE AND INSURANCE PAID (CIP)
The same as CPT except the seller also pays for insurance to the specified destination.
COST & FREIGHT (CFR)
The seller pays the costs up to arrival foreign port. The buyer is responsible for transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
COST, INSURANCE & FREIGHT (CIF)
The same as CFR except the seller also pays for insurance to the arrival foreign port.
DELIVERED DUTY PAID (DDP)
The seller pays the costs to delivered the buyer’s domicile including customs clearance, duties and taxes.
DELIVERED DOMICILE UNCLEARED (DDU)
The seller pays the costs to delivered the buyer’s domicile. The buyer pays for customs clearance, duties and taxes.
DELIVERED AT PLACE UNLOADED (DPU)
The seller pays the transport costs to unloaded the specified point. The buyer is responsible for the transport, duties and taxes from that point onwards.
DELIVERED AT PLACE (DAP)
As for DPU but the buyer is responsible for all the costs relating to the unloading of the goods.
