Shipping Made Simple — independent freight forwarding from New Delhi
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Every forwarder that publishes a rate table is either quoting a number that expired weeks ago or one padded enough to be meaningless. Freight pricing moves with the route, the season, the carrier, and the fuel and container market. So instead of a price list, here is exactly what we need in order to give you a real number — usually the same day.
City or port at both ends. The nearest port is not always the cheapest routing, so give us the actual addresses.
Sea, air, or tell us the deadline and let us advise. Sometimes the slower mode still makes the date.
The commodity decides the classification, the packing, and whether any special handling applies.
Or the container type for FCL. “Not sure yet” is a valid answer — we will tell you what to measure.
When it can be collected and when it has to land. This moves the price more than most shippers expect.
Who is responsible for what, and where the handover sits. If you are not sure, we will work it out with you.
These are the factors that make the same route cost differently in March and in October.
Peak season, festival shutdowns and blanked sailings all tighten space, and tight space prices up. The same box can cost very differently two months apart on the same lane.
Bunker surcharges and container availability move independently of your cargo and independently of us. They are passed through, not marked up.
Dense, fragile, oversized or regulated cargo carries handling requirements a generic rate cannot cover. Tell us what it is and we will price the handling honestly.
Booking early is usually the single cheapest thing a shipper can do. Last-minute space, when it exists at all, is the most expensive space there is.
No, and that is deliberate. It gathers the details and explains the process; a person prices the shipment. A number guessed by a chatbot would be worth nothing to you.
