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Do you need to transport goods over long distances? With sea freight, you are choosing a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution. Thanks to our many years of experience and global presence in all key markets, we offer customized solutions that get your goods safely to their destination.
We offer solutions that are precisely tailored to your sea freight needs – from LCL and FCL to buyer and seller consolidation. Whether inland waterways, charter services or the supply and disposal of tankers, we cover all your needs in sea freight logistics. Of course, we also support you with customs clearance so that your goods reach their destination without any problems.
Make your ocean shipments more resource-efficient with LCL transportation – ideal for smaller quantities of goods. By sharing container space, you can significantly reduce shipping costs. LCL allows you to respond quickly and flexibly to changing transportation needs without sacrificing reliability. This enables you to grow your business cost-effectively, as LCL is particularly affordable compared to air or rail transportation.
FCL is the most cost-effective option for sending full container loads by sea freight. Benefit from customized container shipping that meets your specific needs, continuous tracking, and paperless booking and shipping instructions for distribution to the shipping companies.
Combine LCL shipments into a single full-container load (FCL) with buyer’s and seller’s consolidation. This method for the transport of sea freight reduces costs, enhances supply chain transparency, and improves cargo management, making it ideal for streamlined, cost-effective global logistics.
Short-sea transportation is an effective link between industrial regions and markets. Regular liner services between major port locations offer you time and cost savings as well as environmentally friendly transportation options. With door-to-door services for sea freight, we deliver goods directly to you quickly and reliably. Our just-in-time deliveries also ensure that the desired goods or materials arrive on time for your production.
We specialize in offering you comprehensive transport services for offshore projects. Whether it’s the safe transfer of your crew by ship or helicopter or reliable supplies for your employees on offshore platforms – we’ve got you covered. Our groupage services are our specialty: they combine shipments for different platforms to reduce costs and protect the environment. We also offer customized solutions for complete wind farm campaigns.
Sea transport is a particularly environmentally friendly transport option.
With regular departures and binding transit times, sea freight is an extremely reliable choice. Benefit from optimized, stable supply chains and constant availability.
Use our intercontinental transport services for trade routes and markets in the deep-sea transport sector.
We take over the complete coordination of your shipments, including pre- and on-carriage, and ensure that all applicable regulations are always complied with.
Certified under DIN EN ISO 9001:2015, Rhenus ensures high-quality sea and river navigation, inland waterway transport and related services with full compliance that meet your highest expectations.
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Rhenus is a DIN EN ISO 14001:2015-certified provider of sustainable logistics solutions that minimize environmental impact while meeting your needs with eco-conscious practices.
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Rhenus optimizes energy efficiency in inland waterway transport and provides reliable services while reducing energy consumption and environmental impact, certified according to DIN EN.
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As a GMP-certified company, Rhenus guarantees quality and safety throughout the entire logistics process and ensures the safe and compliant transport of animal feed by inland waterway.
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Sea freight refers to the transportation of goods by sea, i.e. by ship. It is used for various types of goods, from raw materials such as coal and oil to finished products such as cars and electronics. Companies often use ocean freight to transport large quantities of goods over long distances as it is usually more cost-effective compared to other means of transportation such as airfreight or land transport, especially for long distances.
In general, airfreight is more expensive than sea freight, mainly due to the higher cost of operating planes compared to ships, as well as the limited capacity of planes compared to cargo ships. Airfreight is often used for urgent shipments or for goods that require fast delivery, while ocean freight is often used for larger quantities of goods over longer distances as it is generally more cost-effective.
You can choose between full charter services and general cargo shipments. We can handle any type of cargo, from containers to bulk and general cargo, from dangerous or liquid goods to heavy and oversized project cargo. For deep sea transportation, we use our long-standing relationships with reputable sea shipping companies to charter vessels and ensure that your goods arrive at their destination on time, anywhere in the world. For smaller deep sea shipments, we consolidate your freight on one ship and transport it to your chosen destination. Sea freight consolidation leads to cost savings for you.
With our consolidation services, you as the buyer can group your LCL shipments together with other orders from different suppliers to save costs. Your individual shipments are consolidated in one center and sent in a common container as an FCL shipment, which is then delivered to the destination. If you are acting as a seller, we can load your various shipments from the same point of origin into an FCL container and send them directly to the port of destination. There, the consignments are unloaded and distributed to the appropriate recipients. This saves you time and effort when shipping your sea freight and, at the same time, you benefit from greater transparency and control over your transport chain.
