International freight forwarding and customs clearance between Egypt and the world: sea, air, road, rail and multimodal

With FCL the whole container is booked for your cargo alone, which suits volumes that fill or nearly fill a container. With LCL your goods share a container with other shippers and are charged on whichever is greater, volume or weight; it is cheaper for small consignments but adds time for consolidation and deconsolidation.

Typically the bill of lading or air waybill, the commercial invoice, the packing list, the certificate of origin and advance cargo registration, plus regulatory approvals for goods controlled by bodies such as the food safety authority or import and export control. The exact set depends on the commodity and its tariff classification.

The actual weight is compared with the volumetric weight and the higher of the two is charged. Air volumetric weight is length x width x height in centimetres divided by 6000, which is why a bulky light shipment can cost more than a small heavy one.

Incoterms are international rules defining where responsibility and cost for the goods pass from seller to buyer, such as EXW, FOB, CIF and DAP. The chosen term decides who pays for transport, insurance and clearance and who carries the risk at each stage, so it should be agreed before the commercial invoice is issued.

The self-service tracking screen is still being built and has not launched. Until it does, the operations team can give you the latest known status by phone or e-mail, reported as received from the carrier or agent, together with the time of that update.

Send the commodity, the weight and dimensions or the container count and type, the collection and delivery points, the Incoterm you want and your target date. We review that and issue a written quotation with a stated validity period; any figure not in a written quotation is not a final price.