LCL – CFH Ltd

LCL/FCL

FCL/LCL Shipping and Logistics

Less-Than-Container Load(LCL)

LCL shipping, groupage or consolidation enables you to ship your cargo without having to fill a container.

Caribbean Freight provide you with a shipping solution to move your finished goods to the customer or move goods between factories, reducing your carbon footprint.

Our Less than Container Load (LCL) solutions provide you with a global network of LCL specialists, providing weekly direct services. From origin to destination our services have the flexibility to move your cargo, wherever the location with the reassurance that your shipment is safe, fully visible and using the best possible routes and services.

Caribbean Freight offers weekly LCL services across major trade routes. Our team of experts handle your shipments through our strong global network, combined with guaranteed space protection from our selected carriers.

We provide buyer and seller consolidation and purchase order management.

What Is LCL Shipping?

Any shipment that is not large enough to fill an entire standard sized container and therefore needs to be grouped with another consignment to be shipped to the same destination.

Our Less-than-Container Load solution will ensure your shipment reaches its destination safe and secure. We pride ourselves in having the large LCL network globally, including remote locations.

An FCL/LCL contract is a mode of shipment by ocean freight, also called “pier/house”. The charger takes the packages in a container and delivers a cargo which is destined for several different recipients. On arrival to the port destination, the packages are separated. They are then put at the disposal of the different recipients or delivered to them.

The FCL/LCL contract uses two types of containerization:

FCL (Full Container Load), or full container: the client’s goods are transported in a filled and sealed container;
LCL (Less than Container Load) or grouped shipment: the client’ goods are not numerous enough to fill a container, the goods of several clients are put into one container.

The different stages of FCL/LCL shipment:

A pharmaceuticals manufacturer in India wishes to ship goods to Jamaica, where the products will be sold to several pharmacies. He chooses the FCL/LCL shipment mode.

The consignment is transported by truck to the port of departure.
The goods go through customs clearance.
The packages are unloaded from the truck then loaded into a container.
The container is loaded onto the cargo ship.
The cargo ship arrives at the destination port in Jamaica.
At port, the container is unloaded.
The container is opened, and the packages are separated according to the different recipients.
The packages are delivered by truck to the different pharmacies.

Our network includes warehousing, CFS locations and strategic partners on the ground around the World for best-in-class local operations for shippers consolidation, various merchandise can be moved crated or palletized and loaded into a dedicated container to ensure your cargo reaches the right place, at the right time, at an affordable price.