Practical notes from our customs, rail and project cargo desks — written for the people who actually have to make the booking.
Shipping from China to Southeast Asia: What Actually Determines Your Cost Home Shipping from China to Southeast Asia: What Actually Determines Your Cost Most guidance on shipping out of China is written for buyers in Europe and North America. Intra-Asian trade is enormous, growing faster, and covered in a fraction…
Dangerous Goods Shipping from China: What Moves, How, and What It Takes Home Dangerous Goods Shipping from China: What Moves, How, and What It Takes Most shippers discover their cargo is regulated late — after a booking is refused, or worse, after a container is opened at a port. The…
Shipping from China to Central Asia: Corridors, Transit Times and What Is Changing Home Shipping from China to Central Asia: Corridors, Transit Times and What Is Changing Central Asia is one of the fastest-growing destinations for Chinese exports and one of the least written-about. Search for shipping guidance on Kazakhstan…
Shipping from Qingdao: A Port Guide and How to Choose a Forwarder Home Shipping from Qingdao: A Port Guide and How to Choose a Forwarder Qingdao moved 27.6 million TEU in the first ten months of 2025, making it China’s fourth-busiest container port and one of the ten busiest in…
Out-of-Gauge Shipping from China: Permits, Equipment and Realistic Timelines Home Out-of-Gauge Shipping from China: Permits, Equipment and Realistic Timelines Project cargo is where the standard answers stop working. The unit will not fit in a container, the route has a bridge that will not clear it, the crane at the…
Bonded Warehousing in China: How It Works and When It Is Worth It Home Bonded Warehousing in China: How It Works and When It Is Worth It A bonded warehouse lets you hold imported goods in China without paying duty and import VAT until you release them for domestic sale…
AEO Advanced Certification in China: What It Actually Changes Home AEO Advanced Certification in China: What It Actually Changes China’s customs credit rules changed on 1 April 2026. Most English-language guides to AEO certification — including several that rank on the first page of search results — still describe the…
China–Europe Rail Freight: What It Costs, How Long It Takes, and When Not to Use It Home China–Europe Rail Freight: What It Costs, How Long It Takes, and When Not to Use It Rail sits between ocean and air on almost every measure — roughly half the sea transit time…
Chargeable Weight Explained: Why Your Air Freight Quote Doubled Home Chargeable Weight Explained: Why Your Air Freight Quote Doubled You weighed the shipment at 62 kilograms, the quote came back priced on 100, and nothing in between was explained. This is the most common surprise in air freight and it…
FCL vs LCL Shipping from China: Where the Crossover Actually Sits Home FCL vs LCL Shipping from China: Where the Crossover Actually Sits Most guides will tell you that full container load becomes cheaper than less than container load somewhere around 15 cubic metres. That is a reasonable starting point…
