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Container Shipping to and from the USA Worldwide Simplified

Container shipping is the type of shipping where goods are loaded into ocean freight containers of various standard sizes namely 20 foot (6.09 m), 40 foot (12.18 m) and 45 foot (13.7 m) transported and unloaded at destination. Also 48 foot (14.6 m), and 53 foot (16.15 m) are used mostly for ground and inland transportation of goods. The ocean containers of the mentioned sizes come in form of Dry Van (DV), High cube container (HC), Open top Containers in gauge and out of Gauge (OT), Reefer containers (RF) and Flat Rack Containers (FR).

The two most commonly used container sizes today, are namely 20-foot and 40-foot. The 20- foot container called 20 FT Equivalent Unit (TEU) has become the industry standard reference consequently cargo volume and vessel capacity is measured in TEU. The 40 FT container, which is 2 TEU – became known as the Forty-foot Equivalent Unit (FEU) and is the most frequently used today.

Ameritrans Freight international offers container shipping services at an affordable from and to USA covering many worldwide destination as indicated in this link https://ameritransfreight.com/container-shipping-ports-worldwide

What is a door to door container shipping service?

Door to door is a kind of shipping where the freight forwarding Company guarantees that the goods will be picked up from door to destination. It is different from door to port or port to port as it means that it starts and terminates at the postal codes of the Worldwide cities covered by the freight forwarder.

Advantages of door to door Container s service:

  • You will deal with two freight forwarders or third parties one at origin and the other at destination
  • No time wasting for tailor made quotation
  • Customs clearance is available both at the port of origin and destination and duties and taxes are excluded

At Ameritrans Freight International other than container shipping, we offer other international shipping services namely:

RORO shipping and Break bulk shipping

Project Cargo Handling

Air Freight Shipping

LCL Cargo shipping and groupage cargo shipping

Ship chartering and ocean charter

Air Cargo Charter

Please contact us at info@ameritransfreight.com or call 1800 413 2452 for an affordable freight quote