Buyers Consolidation
Consignments from several suppliers, collected and combined into one well-used container.
How consolidation works for buyers
Buyers who source from several suppliers often find that no single order fills a container. Shipping each separately means paying for empty space and managing a shipment for every supplier.
Buyers consolidation gathers the consignments together and ships them as one. We coordinate pickup, plan the load, arrange the stuffing and documentation, and see the container through to release.
Why buyers consolidate
Better use of space
Several part-loads share one box, so you are not paying to ship empty space.
Lower freight cost
Smaller orders move economically without a container each.
One shipment to follow
Goods from many suppliers arrive together under one set of arrangements.
What we coordinate
- Combining consignments
- Multiple suppliers’ goods brought together into consolidated container shipments.
- Cargo pickup
- Collection arranged from each supplier.
- Consolidation planning
- Which goods travel together, and how the container load is built.
- Container stuffing
- Loading of the consolidated cargo into the container.
- Shipping documentation
- Documents prepared for the consolidated shipment.
- Shipment and release
- The container followed through transit and released at destination.
From many suppliers to one container
Every shipment is planned individually. Send us the details and we will set out how yours would move.
Pickup
Goods are collected from each supplier in the shipment.
Planning
The consignments are planned into a single load.
Stuffing
The cargo is loaded into the container.
Documentation
Shipping documents are prepared for the consolidated load.
Shipment
The container sails and is cleared at destination.
Other services
- Sea Freight (FCL & LCL)Full and shared container shipments, planned port to port on the right carrier service.
- Customs ClearanceImport and export clearance, classification and documentation handled with care.
- NVOCC ServicesOcean carriage arranged on carrier-operated vessels, with one accountable point of contact.
- Dangerous Goods (DG) CargoHazardous cargo prepared, declared and booked to the rules of the sea.
- Refrigerated (Reefer) CargoTemperature-controlled containers for cargo that must stay cold or frozen.
- WarehousingSecure storage and cargo handling before shipment or after arrival.
Tell us about your cargo.
Tell us how many suppliers you buy from, where they are and where the goods are going. We will reply with how consolidation could work for you.