International Shipping To & From The Middle East.
Dubai:
So many of our shipments originate or destine to Dubai, United Arab Emirates & in recognition of our freight customers importing or exporting to Dubai ETC International Freight System (ww.etcinternational.com) is acknowledging some of our non-exclusive freight forwarding relationships that we built over the years and made these shipments possible.
AFCO was established in 1976 with the objective to cater for the growing needs of the importers and exporters in Dubai, the business centre of the Middle East and the Neighboring Gulf Oil Countries, to set a professional standard in the forwarding industry.
AFCO is your one stop shop for all your freight forwarding requirements with great professional experience and focus on providing total global freight solutions.
Membership:
- FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarding Association – Zurich
- GTO Global Transport Organization – Houston USA (Covering 140 countries worldwide)
- AULT Arab Union of Land Transport
- NAFL National Association of Freight Logistics- Dubai
AFCO is the exclusive GTO network authorized member and agent in Dubai-UAE
AFCO is a founding member of the NAFL Dubai and currently our MD is a Board Member and Chairman of the Land Transport Committee.
Deepsea Freight Services, LLC was incorporated in February 1998 in Dubai Chamber of Commerce, Government of Dubai, as a legal entity to operate as a Shipping Agent, International Freight Forwarder, Third Party Logistics Service provider (3PL) and Project
mover in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Deepsea is a financially sound business in the transportation industry, with a competent staff able to handle all size and types of cargo with ease and care. Deepsea has always given value added services to its customers, agents and global counterparts beyond their expectations. We have handled various reputed projects in UAE, and also in other neighboring countries such as Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Yemen, Iraq and Iran, North Africa and MENA region successfully. We recently have handled logistics services for the projects of Dubai Metro stations, Meydaan - a World renowned Horse Race Course project and township in the recent past and many more such projects in and around Middle East market.
We offer all aspects of the supply chain logistics services, from order placement to warehousing and distribution. Our experienced staff and sophisticated computer system ensures efficient and reliable service with prompt response to the needs of our clients and agents.
Deepsea has offered the following services for the last Fourteen years in Dubai and the surrounding region:
* Shipping Agency
* Sea Freight (FCL & LCL)
* Airfreight
* Third party Logistics & Distribution
* Customs Clearance, in house online Customs Brokers
* Warehousing
* Heavy Lift Transportation up to 600 tons per unit.
* Project cargo and Heavy Lift cargo Movers
* Air charter & sea charter,
* Exhibition and Event Management.
* Personal effects & worldwide relocations &
* Sea/Air Movement.
To Dubai from the USA, we ship, automobiles, off-road recreational vehicles, personal effects, industrial & commercial shipping. ETC International Freight System provides their exporters to the Middle East two air freight consolidation weekly & 1 weekly sailing for ocean consolidation and staright container loads. Shipping CIF, DDU or DDP (see glossary at www.etcinternational.com).
GLOSSARY
Freight terms
- Shipper: A person or a company sending freight (theoriginator
- Consignee: A person ora company receiving the freight (the receiver)
- Carrier: A transportation provider (truckers, railroad, airline, steam line)
- Freight bill of lading: A legal shipping document between a shipper and a carrier for the transportation of freight (reflect all parties involved and shipping terms of sales)
- Free on Board (FOB): ex-factory charges up to the origin port / airport
are for the shipper’s account. Consignees are responsible once delivered to the port / airport of origin all the way to their site. - Cost of freight (C & F) or Cost of Freight + Insurance (CIF): Freight
charges payable by shipper & up to the destination port / airport only. (Always refer to ETC International Freight system disclosure / information sheet) - Loss or damage cargo: While in transit in a carrier’s possession will fall
under the terms & conditions of the carriers’ liability coverage, as shown on their terms & conditions. If am insurance coverage is purchased through ETC International Freight System & a claim is filed timely with the carriers with supporting documents, the insurer will handle the insurance refund. - Common Carrier: Transportation providers
- Freight forwarder: A booking agent on behalf of the shippers handles the export declaration to the USA Customs and other logistical freight services
- Customhouse broker: A clearing house through Customs for importers
- Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier: Wholesaler of space. Buy from carriers’yearly space in bulk.
- 3PL: A 3rd party outsourced logistic company (warehousing & distribution)
- Interline Shipment: When more than one carrier is used during
transportation to move a container from the destination port to a door location (IE# Hong Kong to Chicago via Long Beach) - Door to Door: Transportation services from the origin / destination curb sides (duty paid or unpaid to be defined). The originator of the request (shipper or the consignee) is responsible to pay all charges. (Always refer to ETC International Freight system disclosure / information sheet)
- Consolidation services: NVOCC re-group shipments into a warehouse from various shippers, load a full container load, ship to a destination port to their agent known as the break-bulk agent that will segregate the each shipment readying it for its final destination (refer to your shipping terms)
- Terminal / Deport: Where cargo is shipped or picked-up from.
- Cross-dock: A terminal receiving (inbound), storing & exporting
(outbound) - Full Truck Load (FTL): using the whole trailer (53’)
- Less Than A Container Load (LTL): Consolidating a shipment with others into a truck.
- Full container Load (FCL): exclusive use of 1x20’ or 1x40’ ocean
containers - Less Than a Container Load (LCL): Consolidated shipments into a full
container load Intermodal: Ocean containers transferred onto a truck chassis or railroad for final or depot delivery - Reefer: Refrigerated ocean container
- Drayage: Local trucking
- Line-haul: Trucking from depot to airlines warehouses
- Long-haul: Long distance from terminal to terminal
- Detention / Demurrage: Assessed by the carriers to the shipper / consignee for keeping a shipment longer than the authorized time.
- Diversion / Re-consignment: Change of consignee name on the bill of lading while the freight is in transit (cost associated with it)
- Bulk Cargo: vehicles, tank, grain moved by bulk-ship types
- Break-bulk cargo: Each piece is handled by the terminal handler
(stevedore) - Pallet or Skid: a 48” x 42” heat treated (HT stamped for export) wooden platform on studs
- Dunnage: Materials inside a container used to secure (IE# bracing &
blocking a vehicle) - Stock-keeping unit (SKU): A line-item of inventory that is a different
type or size of good. Freight weight measures: Short ton (American) 2000 lbs. Long ton (English) 2240 lbs. Metric ton (1000 kg. 2.2046 lbs. - 20’ ocean container unit (TEU) Standard 20’ container: Measuring capacity for a vessel.
- 40’ ocean container (FEU):Standard or High Cube container: Measuring
capacity for a vessel - Slot: Location of a container on a ship
- Liner shipping: regular sailing schedules between specified ports
- Tramp shipping: irregular sailing schedules (IE# Bulk ship)
- Ocean conference: cartel of vessels sharing trade points with set rates
- Alliance: airlines or steam lines coordinating each other’ s schedules and selling capacity
- Container leasing: supplied by the carriers to shippers for the duration
of the voyage - Lo-Lo: lift on & lift off for conventional container cargo ships. Cranes are used on the quay to load /unload.
- Ro-Ro: roll on, roll off. A method by which the cargo is wheeled on & off a Ro-Ro ship
More terms are available, some more obscure. For a quote please contact us at www.etcinternational.com or email us at Sales@etcinternational.com.
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