Ocean freight: Delivering your goods via global ports

Leverage our preferred carrier partnerships to secure competitive ocean freight rates and guaranteed space from key global ports to and from Australia, even during peak season. Explore our tailored ocean freight solutions whether it's LCL (Less than Container Load), FCL (Full Container Load), or buyer's and seller's consolidation. Our experts handle all assignments including complex shipments.

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Rhenus as your partner for ocean freight

As a reliable partner for international shipping, we offer personalised ocean freight services globally. With our long-established expertise, we produce the best solutions catering to your requirements. Using punctual groupage freight departures from European, American and Asian ports with fixed timetables, we can provide you reliability in planning.

Our ocean freight solutions

Optimize your ocean freight to and from Australia with our tailored consolidation services. By combining Less than Container Load (LCL) shipments into Full Container Loads (FCL), we significantly reduce your costs, enhance supply chain visibility and simplify cargo management. our consolidation services provide the reliability of sea freight with maximum efficiency while streamlining your supply chain for a cost-effective solution.

LCL transport is the ideal solution for shipments that do not require a full container. By consolidating your goods with other cargo in a shared container, you only pay for the space you use. This makes LCL a highly cost-efficient and flexible choice for small to medium-sized businesses, allowing you to access ocean freight rates without FCL commitments.

FCL (Full Container Load) is the most efficient and secure solution for shipping large volumes of goods. When your cargo occupies most or all of a container, FCL provides exclusive use for your shipment, ensuring direct routing, greater control, and often faster transit times compared to LCL options.

We deliver specialized transport and project logistics, backed by expert engineering, planning, and management for your most complex heavy-duty moves. We assign seasoned specialists, from hydraulic trailer operators to heavy-lift port captains, who are expertly matched to your project's specific commodity and challenges. This ensures that when critical decisions are needed, you have a team with not just decades of transport engineering experience, but also the commercial knowledge to navigate any situation effectively.

Automotive

To help you conserve resources, we provide on-time deliveries with “just-in-time” and “just-in-sequence” precision, manage your spare parts and shipping warehouses, and ensure suitable packaging for your goods.

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Fashion & Lifestyle

Our logistics solutions for the fashion industry include state-of-the-art variety of transportation options, storage and a range of value-added services.

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Plastic bottles orderly put in in baskets for transport.
Plastic bottles orderly put in in baskets for transport.

Food & Beverage

We offer a comprehensive logistics solution for manufacturers of food and beverages.

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Electronics

Our experts specialize in handling high-value, sensitive IT and electronic appliances. We offer value-added services such as packing, kitting, labeling, and software upgrades, ensuring seamless supply chain management.

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Healthcare & Life Sciences

Our logistics solutions cover a comprehensive range from medical devices transport to a strict cold chain and controlled storage for each temperature zone.

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Benefits of choosing Rhenus for ocean freight

We offer seamless international ocean freight to and from Australia. Our global network and major port gateways enable reliable door-to-door transport worldwide. We ensure your containers receive a service tailored to your needs.

We streamline your transport with paperless booking and digital shipping instructions, ensuring data accuracy and operationall efficiency. Combined with fixed departure and reliable transit times, we help you optimize your supply chain.

Transporting goods by sea freight saves you money as it is the most cost-effective transport option. Moreover, we adapt precisely to your specific logistics needs.

Value-added services

  • Secure global storage: Modern, secured indoor and outdoor facilities at key global port locations.

  • Expert handling: Managed by qualified staff with modern equipment for all your goods.

  • Repacking: Specialized repackaging tailored to the specific needs.

  • Compliant labeling: Fast, accurate application of all necessary labels to prevent delays and ensure transparency.

We ensure documented success with physical Proof of Delivery (POD) and invoices, offer secure global courier services for confidential documents, and deliver customized KPI reports for informed decision-making.

We offer internet-based services for convenient data access and ordering. Connecting your IT systems to our own allow convenient exchange data of like shipment orders or status codes. The transfer of structured data from one computer to another using accepted message standards enable you to receive the message without any human intervention.

Rhenus performs an additional shipment inspection to provide you with a professional review regarding the quality, quantity, labelling, packaging and loading of your sea freight. We aim to help you meet quality standards, technical specifications and contractual requirements for your shipment.

Ensure seamless customs clearance for your ocean freight to and from Australia. Rhenus provides expert guidance on all current regulations and handles the entire process, whether through our own offices or trusted partners. We assist with accurate document preparation for both import and export, guaranteeing compliance and preventing delays for your goods.

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