Exports

Export Packing & Consolidation

The import chain run the other way, off the same floor. We collect from your suppliers, pack it for the voyage, build the container and put it on the quay.

Why it is different

The container leaves once

An export booking has one departure. Miss the stack date and the cargo waits for the next vessel, and everything standing behind it waits with it. So the work that decides the outcome happens before the container is sealed, not after.

We pack and consolidate on our own floor in Congella, a few minutes from the terminals. That means the cargo is ready when the booking is, instead of being chased across three yards on the last afternoon.

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The FBN Transport depot in Durban, a few minutes from the container terminals
The chain

From your supplier's floor to the quay

One job, one reference, whether it is one pallet joining a groupage container or a full container of your own.

Collect

From one supplier or several, nationwide, on the same scheduled network that runs our line-haul.

Pack and secure

Wrapped, palletised and secured for a sea voyage, weighed and labelled so every piece stays identifiable. Crates are built and certified by a specialist we appoint.

Consolidate or stuff

Several shippers built into one groupage container, or your own full container packed and secured at our depot.

Deliver to the port

To the terminal or to your forwarder's depot, in time for the stack, with the paperwork it needs to be accepted.

An FBN Transport truck on the highway
What it saves

One company, not four

  • Collection, packing, consolidation and the run to the quay on a single job and a single reference.
  • Weighed and labelled on arrival, so a piece separated from its consignment can be put back with it.
  • Hazardous exports keep their identity through our dangerous goods process.
  • Out of gauge or oversized? Then it is an abnormal load, and we will say so rather than force it into a box.

Importing rather than exporting? The same floor runs it the other way, as LCL groupage or container and break-bulk.

Questions we are asked

Export questions, answered

What is the one date I must give you?

The vessel’s stack date. An export booking has one departure, and if the stack date is missed the cargo waits for the next vessel. We work back from that date.

What do you do between my supplier and the quay?

Collect from one supplier or several, pack and secure for the sea voyage, consolidate or stuff the container, then deliver to the terminal or your forwarder’s depot with the paperwork it needs.

Do you build crates?

Crates are built and certified by a specialist we appoint. We wrap, palletise and secure the cargo ourselves.

Can you pack my own full container?

Yes. Your own full container can be packed and secured at our depot, or several shippers can be built into one groupage container.

When must the cargo reach you?

The day before the stack date.

Out-of-gauge pieces? See Abnormal & Project Loads. The same floor runs imports as Container Unpacking & Distribution.

Insuring the goods is the sender’s responsibility, and our liability is limited as set out in our standard trading terms and conditions, available on request. Insurance is available on request, unless other arrangements have been agreed in line with our terms and conditions.

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Booking a vessel?

Send the stack date, what the cargo is and where it is coming from. We will tell you what the collection, the packing and the delivery to the quay will cost.

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What needs quoting?

Tell us what is moving, where from and where to. You will get a real number from a real person.

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