Shipping Made Simple — independent freight forwarding from New Delhi
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Sea freight is the mode most international trade still runs on, and it is one of the pioneering services SMSEA offers. Water transport carries the volume that air cannot carry economically, and for most commodities it is the only routing that makes the landed cost work.
Arranging the appropriate freight along with the related formalities and paperwork is our prime expertise. We book the space, prepare the documents, file the customs entry and follow the container until it is delivered — through one point of contact rather than three vendors.
A container booked for your cargo alone. Best when you have the volume to fill 20ft or 40ft, or when the cargo should not be handled alongside anyone else's.
Your consignment shares a container with other shippers. You pay for the space you use, which usually makes small and mid-size shipments viable.
Bookings through the ports and inland container depots that suit your origin, rather than the one nearest our office.
Bill of lading, packing list, invoice and the customs entry prepared together, so nothing waits on a missing paper.
For anything dense or bulky, ocean freight is usually a fraction of the air rate for the same consignment.
Flat racks, open tops and breakbulk handle cargo that will never fit in an aircraft hold.
You pay for the cubic metres you use, so you do not need a full container to ship economically.
Regular services on the main lanes let you plan production and stock around fixed cut-offs.
Sea carries far more cargo per unit of fuel than air, which matters to a growing number of buyers.
Many commodities that are difficult or barred by air move normally by sea with the right documentation.
FCL is a full container booked for your cargo alone. LCL means your consignment shares a container with other shippers and you pay for the space you use. FCL usually wins once you are filling most of a 20ft; below that LCL is generally cheaper.
It depends entirely on the lane, the number of transhipments and the season. Tell us the origin and destination and we will give you a realistic transit time along with the rate — not a best case.
All major Indian ports and the inland container depots that feed them. We choose the routing that suits your origin and your deadline, which is not always the port nearest to you.
Yes. Export clearance at origin and import clearance at destination are arranged inside the same job, so the shipment does not stop while two providers wait on each other.
Yes, against the value of the goods and the risk of the routing. Ask for it when you ask for the rate and it will be quoted as a separate line.
If another service fits it better we will say so — including when the answer is that you do not need us at all.
