It’s easy to be fooled when you’re offered ridiculously cheap freight rates. Imagine getting your goods from A to B with absolutely no cost. It sounds too good to be true, right? Then it almost certainly is! More often than not, these deals are simply disguising inflated costs that will hit you at the end…
Read MoreEvery day, you’ll see and pass a huge variety of items that have been loaded and transported in ocean freight containers. We often take advantage of these products without thinking about their humble beginnings and how they got to us: from the drinks in coffee shops to the perfume you spray every morning, even the…
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Did you know that at Seaspace International, we have experience at shipping to and from the USA? If you’re in need of a freight specialist to get your goods imported or exported from America, our team are here to help. Did you know? From Arizona to Wisconsin: no matter where in the USA you need…
Read MoreIn 2007 the MSC Napoli floundered in the English Channel and eventually broke in two. During this incident a large number of containers were lost overboard. You may remember seeing news reports at the time showing people scavenging everything from nappies to motorbikes from English South Coast beaches as some of the containers washed ashore….
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We’re on the home run for Christmas and New Year here at Seaspace International, but it’s not over when January the 1st rolls around. Did you know, Chinese New Year is actually celebrated at the beginning of February? Year of the Monkey In 2016, the year of the Monkey officially begins on February the…
Read MoreHere at Seaspace International, we’ve seen a lot of different things come through our warehouse over the years. BUT did you know that there are some strict regulations around the world on what you’re not allowed to ship? You won’t believe some of these:
Read MoreIn the cost conscious climate of business today, it’s easy to feel that the only way of driving costs down and maintaining margins is to find the lowest price for whatever product or service you need. However, in the world of shipping, logistics and fulfillment, this can result in a reduction of key service performance indicators…
Read MoreWhat are they? What on earth are Incoterms, I hear you ask? They’re a series of pre-defined International Commercial Terms, and if you’re involved in any commercial transactions then you need to know and understand them. Incoterms are the basic foundation of all trade transactions, but are quite frequently overlooked or mis-understood. Established as long…
Read MoreWe all know that goods arriving in the UK from outside of the EU have to be declared to Customs (HMRC) and cleared for entry into the country. Part of this procedure calls for the assessment and payment of Import Duty and VAT, both of which need to be paid in order to complete the…
Read MoreThe Issue A number of our clients were faced with an increasing overhead of time just extracting basic status information from freight documentation and looked to us to devise a simple and transparent way to gather key information.
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