FBA Marine Logistics

FBA ocean freight logistics products are a service designed specifically for cross-border e-commerce sellers, which transports seller's goods to Amazon's warehouse by sea freight. The following is a detailed introduction to FBA's maritime logistics products:

1. Basic concepts:

FBA sea freight refers to the service where sellers transport goods from their location to Amazon warehouses by sea freight.

Suitable for bulk goods or heavy commodities.

2. Main modes:

Sea freight and express delivery (sea express): After the goods arrive at the destination country's port, they are delivered to Amazon warehouses through a courier company.

Sea freight and truck (sea freight): After the goods arrive at the destination country's port, they are directly delivered to Amazon warehouses by truck.

3. Advantages:

Low transportation costs: Compared to air freight and express small packages, sea freight costs are lower, making it suitable for bulk goods.

Large capacity: capable of carrying a large amount of goods and meeting the needs of large-scale shipments.

Low restriction: Shipping from 10KG, suitable for ultra long and oversized products.

4. Shortcomings:

The transportation time is relatively long: it may take several weeks or even months.

Minimum capacity requirement: There is a certain minimum capacity requirement, which is not very friendly for small batch shipments.

High requirements for preliminary work: sellers need to prepare for label scanning, packaging standards, and other related tasks.

 5. Cost composition:

Port miscellaneous fees: loading and unloading fees, storage fees, etc.

Sea freight: calculated based on the weight, volume, and transportation distance of the goods.

Customs declaration fee: The cost of handling the import and export customs declaration procedures for goods.

The cost of ISF Filing FEE and Single BOND: the cost required for US import customs clearance.

Delivery fee: The cost of delivering from the port to the Amazon warehouse.

Import tariffs: calculated based on the type and value of goods.

6. Operation process:

The seller delivers the goods to the logistics company's warehouse.

The logistics company is responsible for packaging, labeling, and other operations.

Arrange sea freight to the destination country's port.

Handle customs clearance procedures.

Choose sea express or sea card delivery to Amazon warehouse according to the situation.

7. Characteristics of Haipai and Haika:

Shanghai style: Double clearance tax inclusive door-to-door delivery, available in most parts of the United States.

Haika: Stable delivery time, affordable price, no lost items, full process card inquiry, good control.

8. Requirements:

Truck delivery to FBA warehouse requires an appointment, and there are strict regulations. If the PO is invalid, it may be rejected.

The shipping bill of lading must include information such as reference number, number of boxes, and number of pallets.

FBA sea freight logistics products provide sellers with a cost-effective transportation option, but sellers also need to fully understand their advantages and disadvantages, cost composition, and operational processes in order to make appropriate decisions.

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