The advantages of transporting goods by sea are that you can ship large volumes at lower costs – also a freight forwarder can consolidate consignments to reduce costs. Shipping containers can also be used for the further transportation by road or rail to their final destination.

Compared to air freight, ocean freight is around 3 to 5 times cheaper, especially when it comes to large loads. The only catch is that ocean freight does take a lot more time, ocean freight can takes weeks or even months to arrive at the destination.

90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea.