Ddp Express From China Sea Freight To USA

What Are The Downsides Of Ocean Freight?

Speed – Airplanes are about 30 times faster than ocean liners; passenger jets cruise at 575 mph, while slow-steaming ocean liners move at 16-18 mph. No surprise then, that a shipment going by air freight from China to the US usually takes at least 20 days more than by ocean freight.

Reliability – Port congestion, customs delays, and bad weather conditions generally add much more days to ocean freight than air freight. To date, tracking technology in air freight is often more advanced than ocean freight. That means that ocean freight is more likely to get misplaced than air freight. This is especially true when the ocean shipment is less than a container load. That said, ocean freight is becoming more reliable thanks to digitization.

Protection – Ocean freight is more likely to get damaged or destroyed than air cargo. That's because it is in transit a lot longer, and because ships are more subject to movement. But don't worry too much about ocean cargo falling off ships. The urban myth says 10,000 lost per year, but it's more like 546 of the 120 million container movements per year that fall in the drink. Even less likely is piracy. Hotspots in recent years have included the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Guinea, and the Malacca Straits.

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