Pick-up and consolidation
Pick-up at the factory or yard, inland movement within China and consolidation when there is more than one unit.
International shipping
From the Chinese factory to your country's port
Buying the machine is half the job. The other half is getting it out of China with the paperwork done properly and having it arrive when we said it would. We coordinate that too.
What we coordinate
The whole shipment, not one leg of it
Booking and loading
Space booking with the carrier, date coordination and loading at whichever port works best for the destination.
Export documentation
Export paperwork in order from China: invoice, packing list, bill of lading and the certificates that apply.
Tracking to destination
We tell you when it sails, where it is and when it arrives. Without you having to chase us for an update.
How it travels
Depending on equipment and destination
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Container
For machines that fit in a 40' or high cube, and for parts and attachments. It is the most common option and the best protected.
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Breakbulk and RORO
For equipment too large for a container. Shipped on a flat rack or rolled on board, depending on port and availability.
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Air freight
Only for urgent parts keeping a machine idle. For complete units it makes no economic sense and we do not recommend it.
Routes
Which port it leaves from, and where it lands
A machine sails from whichever port suits the yard it is sitting in. We quote all three departures and ship through the one that serves your port best, not the one that is convenient for us.
Departures from China
- Shanghái
- Hefei · Xuzhou · valle del Yangtsé
- Nansha (Guangzhou)
- Guangdong y sur de China
- Qingdao
- Shandong y norte de China
| Destination | Arrival ports | Typical transit |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Manzanillo · Lázaro Cárdenas · Veracruz · Altamira | 18 – 26 days |
| Panama | Balboa · Colón · Manzanillo International | 24 – 32 days |
| Peru | Chancay · Callao · Paita · Matarani | 23 – 38 days |
| Spain | Valencia · Barcelona · Algeciras · Bilbao | 26 – 38 days |
| Ecuador | Guayaquil · Posorja · Manta | 28 – 40 days |
| Colombia | Cartagena · Barranquilla · Santa Marta · Buenaventura | 28 – 40 days |
| Chile | San Antonio · Valparaíso · Iquique · Antofagasta · Arica | 30 – 42 days |
| Bolivia | Arica o Iquique (Chile) · Matarani (Perú), y por tierra | 32 – 45 days |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires · Zárate · Campana | 35 – 48 days |
Port-to-port sailing days, customs clearance at destination not included. These are usual service ranges: they move with the carrier, the transhipments and the season, and are confirmed at booking.
Chancay redrew the Pacific map
The direct Shanghai-Chancay service brought transit to Peru down to around 23 days, against the 35 to 40 it used to take with transhipment. Chancay also handles roll-on/roll-off cargo, which is exactly what suits machinery that drives on and off the vessel on its own.
Before it ships
What the destination will ask for
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Age of the machine
Several countries cap how old used machinery can be. Peru, for one, usually requires under five years for construction and mining equipment, with an exception where the unit passes a technical inspection at origin carried out by an accredited surveyor. That is why the inspection report is not an add-on: in some destinations it is the way in.
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Wood packaging under ISPM-15
Every pallet, block or crate travels heat-treated and IPPC-stamped. A repaired pallet loses that certification, and it will hold your container at destination over something that cost nothing to solve at origin.
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The machine ships clean
No soil or plant debris on the undercarriage, the bucket or the guards. Destination phytosanitary control looks precisely there, and a dirty machine can end up in compulsory washing with the bill in your name.
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The papers that travel with the cargo
Commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading. If your country has a tariff preference with China, the certificate of origin as well: without it you pay full duty over a document that has to be requested at origin.
Import rules change, and they are not the same across the nine markets. Before shipping we confirm what your country asks for that specific machine.
What we are not
We are not an insurance company and not a customs broker at destination. We coordinate the shipment out of China and guide you through the import, but customs clearance in your country is handled by your broker. If you do not have one, we tell you what to ask for.
Already have the machine and need it moved?
Tell us what the equipment is, where it sits in China and which port it is going to. We will put the shipment together.