Service
Ocean freight from China to the Americas
FCL and LCL from every major Chinese port to Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Brazil and the US west coast. The sailing is the predictable part; what we spend our time on is everything either side of it.
A good fit when
- Volume that fills — or nearly fills — a container, where per-unit freight matters more than a week of transit.
- Bulky or heavy goods: furniture, machinery, building materials, packaging, textiles by the pallet.
- Planned China-to-Mexico replenishment, where the 30–45 day port-to-port window to Manzanillo or Lázaro Cárdenas can anchor a calendar before clearance and inland delivery are added.
Not the right tool when
- Anything with a deadline inside a month. Ocean transit has a floor, and congestion and customs exams sit on top of it.
- Very small consignments. Below roughly a cubic metre, LCL minimums and destination charges usually make air or courier cheaper overall.
- Cargo you cannot afford to have sitting. If demurrage would hurt, the clock starts at arrival, not at clearance.
FCL or LCL
A full container is yours end to end: it is sealed at the factory and opened at destination. LCL shares space with other shippers, which is cheaper per cubic metre and slower, because the box has to be consolidated at origin and deconsolidated at destination, and because your cargo travels with whatever else is in it. The crossover is usually somewhere around 12–15 CBM, but it moves with the lane and the season — compute your volume first and we will tell you which side of it you are on.
Transit, measured honestly
From China to Mexico, ocean freight runs about 30–45 days port to port to Manzanillo or Lázaro Cárdenas. It excludes pickup, clearance and inland delivery, and it depends on the service string. Quote your customer on the total door-to-door chain instead; that window depends on the shipment file and delivery address and is confirmed per shipment on WhatsApp.
What is in the price and what is not
An ocean quote is a stack: origin handling, the sea freight itself, destination terminal handling, and then whatever the destination adds — documentation, security, and any surcharge in force that season. Ask which of those a quote includes before you compare two of them. A cheap sea freight line with everything else excluded is not cheaper, it is differently presented.
Where we sail to
Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas on Mexico’s Pacific coast lead, followed by Buenaventura and Cartagena for Colombia, San Antonio for Chile, Callao for Peru and Santos for Brazil, plus Los Angeles and Vancouver on the North American west coast. Most of the South American west coast is served off the same Asia strings, which is why routing questions there are usually about the destination end rather than the sailing.
Where our responsibility starts and stops
We arrange the booking, origin handling, the ocean carriage and, where you want it, destination clearance and inland delivery. Clearance is filed by a licensed broker for the importer of record. Free time at destination is set by the carrier and the terminal, not by us — so demurrage and detention are avoided by having the file ready before arrival, which is the part we can actually influence.
We do not publish rates. On these lanes a number published today is wrong within weeks, and a quote that does not ask what the cargo is has guessed at the duty.
Questions we get asked
How long does ocean freight from China take?
From China to Mexico, about 30–45 days port to port to Manzanillo or Lázaro Cárdenas, depending on the service string. Pickup, clearance and inland delivery sit outside that interval; we confirm the total door-to-door window per shipment on WhatsApp.
FCL or LCL for my shipment?
Compute your total CBM first. Below roughly 12–15 CBM, LCL usually wins on cost; above it, a 20ft container usually does, and it is also faster and lower-risk because the box is not opened in transit. The calculator gives you the number and an indicative container fit.
What is demurrage and how do I avoid it?
Demurrage is what the terminal charges once your container has sat past its free days; detention is the carrier charging for the box itself. Both are avoided the same way: have the classification agreed, the importer registration active and the documents consistent before the vessel arrives.
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