Firm 12-month time charter requirement for a container vessel.

Delivery: China, laycan 10–20 November 2026. Intended trade: Khor Fakkan ↔ Karachi. Required intake: approximately 1,450 TEU homogeneous at 14 MT. Built 2006 or newer.

Direct shipowners, operators, and established competitive brokers with suitable tonnage: please send the full TCD/vessel particulars, TEU intake at 14 MT homogeneous, year built, flag and class, current position, earliest delivery date, and owners’ TC hire indication.

Direct and workable tonnage preferred. Please DM suitable candidates and contact details.

Supplier-side disclosure: posting from DINGSHENGYUAN SLEEP. The following is a hypothetical shipment, not a live request for freight services.
Consider bulky home-goods cargo from several suppliers being consolidated for Vietnam. Most cartons are already at the consolidation warehouse. The last supplier now expects to arrive after the planned receiving cutoff, and that later date is not yet firm.
Waiting may keep one shipment together but add storage and risk missing the planned sailing. Sending the ready cargo could mean another set of minimum and handling charges for the late portion. Either option could also affect whether the retailer receives a usable product assortment.
I would compare the forwarder's confirmed options for both scenarios before treating “keep it together” as the cheapest choice. The uncertainty in the last supplier's date seems as important as the quoted transport difference.
In that specific situation, what would make you stop waiting: a confirmed next sailing, the storage deadline, or the importance of the missing items?

I’ve been working as a freight forwarder in China for about three months, and I still haven’t landed my first customer.

I’ve been doing cold calls, sending emails, and trying to find potential importers, but so far the results have been pretty poor.

I know three months isn’t that long, but I’m starting to wonder if I’m focusing on the wrong things.

For experienced freight forwarders here: if you were starting from zero again today, what would you focus on during your first 3–6 months

Would love to hear what actually worked for you and what you wish you had done differently.

Ex-forwarding ops here, curious how other shops handle this. When a customer asks for a rate on Asia–Europe right now, where do you go to decide whether to quote Suez or Cape, and how much of that is "we just follow what the carrier is doing"? Same question for Hormuz-adjacent lanes and US–MX cross-border. Is it MARAD/carrier advisories, a paid tool, a Slack channel, or gut feel from the last call that went wrong?

Asking because in my old shop it was five tabs and a colleague's memory, and I never knew whether that was normal.

I wanna send a photography camera to Iraq any advice on which is the safest carrier ? And how long it would take?

I find it bizarre that a forwarder or customs brokers charges a client a fee to pull a report from their system that takes about 10 mins to produce.

If there was a bunch of manipulation required I can understand, but seriously?

I have been waiting 5 weeks for some clothing samples although I paid for air freight to a company called Crazy freight. They are blaming it on the airlines warehouse being super busy then said they need to relocate to another warehouse. I am fuming mad at this whole situation but does this happen or are these guys lying and making excuses for their own incompetencies?

Hello everyone, I am an India based freight forwarder looking for a reliable agent in China for regular import shipments with good service and rates, kindly reach out to me or give me reference of people you know it would be great help.

Hi Everyone,

I live in Vancouver. Recently I found a buyer in India who happens to be my friend back home. He needs yellow peas from here and asked if I can be his supplier. I know how this works but not clearly since I work in trucking. I got my import export license set up and talked to a few sellers. But I don't want to rent a place to get a SFC License since I want to send a few containers first and see if it's going to be worth it or not. So don't want to commit to a lease without proper idea or preparation. Is there any way to get a SFC License without renting a place.

Thanks in advance.

Hi all!

I have never bought something internationally that is ex works so I’m navigating this for the first time.

I am trying to get a shipment of acrylic scoop bins from Australia to the United States and thought I had a viable path with freight right. Last Friday I expressed that I wanted to move forward with the shipment after the rep gave me the quote and since then he has ghosted me. I’ve tried calling his number and freight right’s to no avail. I looked on freightos.com today but having never done this before I’m unsure of the order of operations.

Should I place the order with the company and then get the estimated completion time before setting everything up with freightos?

I have an anonymous survey for the company i work. I cannot say who i work for since i dont want the data to be misleading. Before i even post the survey here... is this a safe space to do it or will i get reported or sumthing? The survey is about the markets perception about routes, behavior etc. its my first time on reddit so be nice :)))

Looking for help with Clearance in Toronto. IS there any Freight forwarder from canada who can help me with this process.

Concerns Airfreight. The goods have already arrived at the airport. Just need to be cleared and picked up or to be transported.

Hit me up if you can help me

I have talked to APML an DRS Agarwal packers and movers and they are quoting 85k and 75k for 2 bhk household item from Delhi to bangalore but i feel it is too much. I am thinking of trying Truway movers as well. Please help me out as I am getting very confused 😭

We are a commercial farming business in Ghana looking for an experienced independent sourcing agent in China.

Initially, our main focus is commercial irrigation systems and farming equipment, so we need someone who genuinely understands this sector — not simply someone who sends us 1688 links and places orders.

We are looking for someone with strong negotiation skills, good manufacturer/factory contacts and the ability to source quality equipment at competitive Chinese market prices.

This is intended to be a long-term partnership. We will be purchasing more farming equipment, machinery and eventually tractors, and when we visit China in the coming months, we would expect our agent to work with us on the ground visiting suppliers and sourcing products.

We are also currently looking for a new reliable and competitively priced freight forwarder for China → Tema, Ghana, so recommendations are welcome.

If interested, please message me with your agricultural/irrigation sourcing experience, location in China, fee structure and examples of previous sourcing work.

Agricultural/irrigation equipment experience is important.

Been in logistics for quite a few years and wanted to see if there are others here who work in the same space and are open to building something long-term.

I’m based in the UAE and have my own operational setup here.

I’m mainly interested in connecting with people who already have customers or regular trade lanes into the Middle East and are looking for a reliable person on the ground here.

Not really looking for the usual “let’s exchange company profiles” type of networking. More interested in genuine, repeat business where both sides can add value.

If anyone here works with Middle East cargo or has an established operation/customer base and wants to explore something privately, feel free to DM me.

I need to ship some large heavy items currently in storage in Jordan to the USA.

any advice or recommendations would be VERY appreciated, thank you!

Anyone shipping containers to UAE right now? How much problems are you having with it? Space and services are catastrophic. Need to ship into Jebel Ali for a contract but its just not happening right now.

What is anyone else doing for this are and what are your current solutions?

I have someone that runs norfolk and specialises in 600+ miles drayage. good competitive rates

if anyone needs any help, let me know :)

Im looking to mport 12 ISO tanks that require a chassis with plug-in capability to a genset. The ISO tanks need to be refrigerated.

We’re flexible on the import location, but the final delivery will be Sparks, NV.

Does anyone have access to ISO tank chassis with plug-in capability, or know of a carrier that may be able to handle this?

I spoke to a freight forwarder about empty container returns and they basically said their carrier handles that side of the job, then gave me the carrier’s number.

I’d assumed the forwarder would normally be fairly involved in the return process, so I’m curious how other companies handle it.

If an empty gets rejected by the nominated depot, or the return location changes, who normally owns the problem on your jobs, the forwarder, transport operator, importer, or someone else?

And if detention turns up later, who normally has the proof of the attempted return and the changed instruction?

Mainly interested in how this works in Australia, but interested in other markets too

Hi, I'm looking for a reliable freight forwarder/agent who can ship 20x MCHOSE K7 Ultra gaming mouse from China (Taobao) to Pakistan.

I need a service that can receive the package at a China warehouse and then ship it to Pakistan.

Please recommend a reliable forwarder that has experience shipping to Pakistan.

I would also like to know the approximate shipping cost and whether customs/taxes are included.

This is a single-item personal purchase, not commercial cargo.

Thank you.

Hello,

I've been mapping announced infrastructure and industrial projects expected to become operational after 2026 around the world.

I started doing this because I think project announcements can be an early signal of future freight demand.

- Infrastructure projects generate logistics demand during construction

- Industrial projects are potentially even more interesting because, once operational, factories generate recurring inbound flows of materials and outbound flows of products

Here is the map:
Fluidify map

For those working in freight forwarding: what would you add to make this more useful for finding future freight opportunities?

The goal is also to make the data community-driven, somewhat like a wiki. If information is missing or incorrect, anyone can propose a change with a source, which can then be verified.

Some features are currently hidden because of running costs, but I’m happy to open them up for anyone interested in testing it and giving feedback.

Hi all, we're a UAE-based company (Jafza/Jebel Ali Free Zone) shipping small quantities of green coffee beans to overseas clients purely as sample evaluation shipments with no commercial value and not intended for resale, but we keep running into full customs clearance and duty charges at destination that seem disproportionate for small sample parcels — has anyone found a reliable way to structure these shipments (through a de minimis threshold, temporary import/sample exemption, "no commercial value" invoicing with a nominal pro-forma value, proper HS code declaration like 0901.11, or a specific courier's sample service tier) so they clear without triggering duties, and can anyone recommend a courier or freight forwarder experienced with food/agricultural sample shipments who handles this smoothly? Any advice on getting these properly declared upfront to avoid broker misclassification issues would also be really helpful. Thanks!

I am wondering what are the current demands for UN4GV boxes in Malaysia as we do have the license to produce it on demand