Home About How we work Cases Reviews Oversized and project cargo Container shipping Reefer shipping Supplier sourcing in China Tools Glossary Blog 0 800 20 12 67 Free check-up
Container shipping

Containers arrive on time — and you lose neither money, nor nerves, nor your client’s trust

Wherever you ship from — China, Türkiye, Europe or the USA — we look not only at the rate, but at the line’s reliability, the analytics and your whole setup. We find where time and money leak and remove it — before it becomes your problem in front of your customer.

NPS 75loyalty score
1000+deals per year
since 2020on the market
5,000+ tper month
$25Maverage value of cargo in transit each month

Trusted by more than 80 importers

Recognise yourself?

Where containers eat your budget

Deadlines slip

The vessel left without you, the goods are stuck. And you have already promised your buyers a date.

The container is half-empty

You pay for a full container but ship air. Nobody offered to tighten the loading.

Rolled with no warning

The line moved your container to the next vessel. Nobody warned you — you found out yourself, when the goods should already have been under way.

Container logistics has dozens of points where money leaks: loading, route, transshipments, demurrage, documents. Without an audit of the setup you pay for inefficiency for years.

A cheap rate is one number. Schedule reliability is a completely different one: today only about a third of containers arrive on time, and lines blank every fifth sailing to keep freight rates high. We look at the line’s on-time performance, not only at the price list.
What “we don’t count that” costs

For 4 years the client shipped 22 tonnes instead of 28 — and did not even know it could be otherwise. Annual losses: tens of thousands of dollars. Simply because nobody asked the question.

Read the full case
The solution

The cheapest rate ≠ the smallest invoice. We help keep the numbers transparent and under control.

01 · Weight

Loading optimisation

We recalculate the packing and the loading plan — more tonnes and volume per container. Fewer containers, a smaller invoice.

02 · Route

A route chosen by reliability, not by price list

FCL/LCL, sea + rail through Europe. We look at the line’s on-time performance and give concrete schemes with numbers for your volume and deadline — not “we’ll find you a route”.

03 · Invoice

No charges that “pop up” later

All charges up front. We forecast demurrage and storage instead of reporting them after the fact. We find where money leaks in your setup — and remove it.

What an ordinary forwarder doesn’t do

An audit of loading and route

Loading analysis

We find the “air” and the underloading; we calculate how many more tonnes and cubic metres fit into the container.

Route recalculation

Alternative ports and multimodal schemes — faster and cheaper than the standard option.

Invoice audit

We go through your current invoices — where the overpayment, the demurrage and the extra charges are.

Directions and formats

Where and how we ship

FCL — full container

A dedicated container for your volume: 20', 40', 40'HC.

LCL / consolidation

Groupage shipments when the container isn’t full — you pay only for your own volume.

Top directions

Türkiye · Egypt · Spain · Vietnam · Thailand · Malaysia · India · USA · Canada. And China above all — our flagship direction: the widest portfolio of solutions and corridors, as fast as rail, and no transit through russia whatsoever.

Corridors and rail legs — as of 27 July 2026
RouteTransit / service
Japan, Korea, China → Rotterdam → Ukraine31–46 days · direct service via Suez
Far East → Gdańsk → Ukraine48–55 days · direct services
China, Far East, India → Constanța → Ukraine60–70 days · the main entry point instead of the Greater Odesa ports
USA → Bremerhaven / Hamburg → Ukraine≈ 3 weeks
Gdańsk → Kyiv, rail (UZ Cargo Poland)4 days
Gdańsk → Dnipro, rail (UZ Cargo Poland)5 days

Sea service to the ports of Greater Odesa is unstable and risky because of shelling: lines periodically cancel calls and reroute vessels, and we do not advise building them into a plan for 2026. The working entry points are Constanța and Gdańsk, then by rail into Ukraine.

How it works

From the first call to cargo under control — three steps

Step 1

A check-up of your current setup

In 30 minutes we look at your route, loading and invoices. No obligations, no sales pitch.

Step 2

We show where the loss points are

Concrete numbers and alternatives for your volume and deadlines. Not empty promises like “we’ll quote you a nice rate”, but “here is where you lose and how much, and here is how we solve it for our clients”.

Step 3

We ship — the status stays with you

Status in a report, the cargo visible at every transshipment, an invoice with no surprises, demurrage forecast in advance. Documents are checked against a checklist at the right stages — that removes the risk of pointless idle time at customs.

How it should be: a predictable schedule, an invoice with no surprises, and you — the supplier people can rely on.

Free check-up

Let’s look at your setup together

We know what it’s like when the deadline is burning, the line is silent and your customer is already calling you. Leave a request — in 30 minutes we’ll find where you can save time and stop losing money. No obligations, no sales pitch.

A manager will get in touch within 2 business hours. By submitting the form you agree to the privacy policy.

NPS 75loyalty score
80+regular business clients
1000+deals per year
5,000+ tper month
$25Maverage value of cargo in transit each month
Reference

FCL or LCL: what to choose for your volume

The difference is not in the name but in what you pay for. FCL — renting the whole container regardless of how much is inside. LCL — paying only for your own volume, but with handling at a consolidation warehouse.

FCL — full containerLCL — groupage cargo
What you pay forfor the container, whatever is inside itfor your own volume (m³) or weight
Who else is in the containeronly your cargocargo of other shippers
Transshipmentsfewer — the container travels wholeextra: deconsolidation at the warehouse
Damage risklower — nobody moves your palletshigher — more handling at consolidation and breakdown
Transit timeshorter2–4 weeks longer because of consolidation
Demurrage/detentioncounted on your containercounted on the consolidator’s container

Swipe the table sideways →

A comparison by responsibility and risk. The LCL→FCL switching point in m³ we calculate for the specific cargo — it depends on density, direction and season.

FAQ

Which ports does a container travel through into Ukraine now?

Through Constanța and Gdańsk, then by rail or road. Sea service to the ports of Greater Odesa remains unstable and risky because of shelling, so for 2026 we build the baseline scenario through EU ports: a line can reroute a vessel at any moment, and it is better to plan for it than to learn about it after the fact. UZ Cargo Poland rail service: Gdańsk–Kyiv — 4 days, Gdańsk–Dnipro — 5 days.

How is FCL different from LCL?

FCL — you rent the whole container and pay for it regardless of how full it is. LCL — you pay only for your own volume, but the cargo goes through a consolidation warehouse: extra handling, higher damage risk and a transit time 2–4 weeks longer.

How many tonnes can you actually carry in a container?

By specification: 20'GP — up to ~28,200 kg, 40'GP — up to ~26,700 kg, 40'HC — up to ~28,600 kg. But “it fits” is not the same as “you’re allowed to carry it”: a truck on the road is limited by weight control (~22 t because of axle load), while a container from an EU port can travel by rail — and then that limit does not apply.

What are demurrage and detention, and when do they start?

Demurrage is the charge for keeping the container in the port or at the terminal beyond the free days. Detention is the charge for holding the container outside the port, at your own warehouse. These are two separate invoices, and they can run at the same time.

How long does a container take from China to Ukraine?

It depends on the corridor: Japan, Korea, China → Rotterdam → Ukraine — 31–46 days by direct service via Suez; Far East → Gdańsk → Ukraine — 48–55 days; China → Constanța → Ukraine — 60–70 days. Add purchasing and consolidation in China and customs clearance in Ukraine to the sea leg.

Updated: 27 July 2026

Quick contactCheck-up