Sea Freight Shipping to Chile
Sea freight shipping to Chile from the UK typically takes 32 days port to port. There are weekly direct sailings from London Gateway to San Antonio and Valparaiso ports in Chile. When calculating a full transit time it is a good idea to add a few days on either side of the sailing dates to cover cut off times, customs clearances and, for LCL shipping, loading and unloading of the goods.
Shipping Containers to Chile
Mercator handles all sizes of cargo from single pallets in a groupage shipping container to full shipping containers when it comes to shipping to Chile. Our export team can organise any shipping container size including 20’, 40’, 40’ high cubes, reefer containers, flat racks and open top shipping containers.
Air Freight Shipping to Chile
If you have an urgent shipment for Chile, then air freight could be your preferred option, with daily direct flights from Heathrow and Manchester to the major airports in Chile. Direct flights take under a day (but again, factor in time either side for clearances and loading/unloading), whereas indirect flights are still much faster than sea freight shipping to Chile, but can be less expensive than direct flights.
Commodities for Export to Chile
We typically handle commodities such as hygiene products, beauty products, engineering equipment and chemicals (hazardous and non-hazardous) for shipping to Chile from the UK.
UK-Chile Trade Agreement
In early 2021, a UK-Chile Trade Agreement was signed, giving preferential rates on some goods when importing in to Chile. In order to claim these rates, it might be necessary to provide your customer in Chile with an origin declaration.
Shipping to Door in Chile
Once your export to Chile has arrived at the Chilean port (or airport), we can hand the reigns over to our partner agent who is located in Santiago. We have a long standing partnership with this office thanks to our founding membership of the freight forwarder network MarcoPoloLine. If you have agreed to complete the full delivery to your customer, then our partner will be able to handle this for you all the way to door if required.
If you have an export shipment to Chile, get in touch with our team who will be happy to provide you with a quote for our freight forwarding services to Chile. You can call the office on (+44) 02392 756 575, email sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk or complete the form below and someone will be in touch.
