Famous Pacific Shipping, the Asia-based NVOCC and freight services provider, now offers weekly ocean freight consolidation services from Hong Kong to a central European gateway.
The service to Odessa in the Ukraine allows shippers to reach key central and eastern European destinations quicker than going via the more distant gateway ports in northern Europe, such as Hamburg or Rotterdam.
“Many of the competing forwarders in Asia will serve central and eastern Europe through northern European gateways such as Hamburg and Rotterdam,” said Iskandar Zulkarnain, chairman of the FPS Group executive committee.
“This takes much longer, adding days to the transit time, and many of these companies also levy a high minimum charge per CBM to a shipment.
“Our new service is not only quicker but we have also decided to have a lower minimum charge through Odessa, saving money for the shipper who wants to take advantage of the groupage rate but is only sending a small consignment.”
FPS Group members, FPS Hong Kong, and F S Mackenzie are working together to co-ordinate the new Black Sea services. FPS Hong Kong will also act as a hub to consolidate shipments from across SE Asia and will then dispatch containerised consignments on a Thursday or Friday.
F S Mackenzie Ukraine, a subsidiary of F S Mackenzie in the United Kingdom, will forward consignments throughout the Ukraine and neighbouring countries.
The service to Odessa in the Ukraine allows shippers to reach key central and eastern European destinations quicker than going via the more distant gateway ports in northern Europe, such as Hamburg or Rotterdam.
“Many of the competing forwarders in Asia will serve central and eastern Europe through northern European gateways such as Hamburg and Rotterdam,” said Iskandar Zulkarnain, chairman of the FPS Group executive committee.
“This takes much longer, adding days to the transit time, and many of these companies also levy a high minimum charge per CBM to a shipment.
“Our new service is not only quicker but we have also decided to have a lower minimum charge through Odessa, saving money for the shipper who wants to take advantage of the groupage rate but is only sending a small consignment.”
FPS Group members, FPS Hong Kong, and F S Mackenzie are working together to co-ordinate the new Black Sea services. FPS Hong Kong will also act as a hub to consolidate shipments from across SE Asia and will then dispatch containerised consignments on a Thursday or Friday.
F S Mackenzie Ukraine, a subsidiary of F S Mackenzie in the United Kingdom, will forward consignments throughout the Ukraine and neighbouring countries.