What is Sea Freight? Understanding Ocean Freight for Your Business.
What is Sea Freight? Sea freight is a method of transporting large quantities of goods using carrier ships. It is an important part of cross-border trade and enables people to move large quantities of goods between countries. Goods are loaded into containers and then loaded onto ships. A typical cargo ship can carry around 18,000 containers, which means that sea freight is a cost-effective way of transporting large volumes over long distances. For different types of cargo, there are a number of transport options available. One of the most popular is container transport, technically known as containerisation. With this method, goods are transported using containers with standard dimensions of 20 to 40 feet. In addition to sea freight, there are other modes of international shipping, including express, air express and standard air freight. All of these modes of transport involve air freight and are therefore much faster than sea freight. They usually take 1 to 2 weeks. However, they are ...