What is Consolidated Shipping?

What is Consolidated Shipping?

Consolidated shipping is where a number of orders from different suppliers are combined in to one shipment.  For example, if you were buying goods in the USA from more than one company, you could arrange to have all the orders delivered to a warehouse where they could then be consolidated and shipped together as one shipment.

What are the Benefits of Consolidated Shipping?

By consolidating a shipment, you can streamline your delivery process, save money on shipping costs and even reduce carbon emissions. 

Can I send a consolidated shipment via sea or air freight?

Consolidated shipments can be sent via sea, road or air freight.  In the case of sea freight, your consolidated shipment can be a number of orders that fill one whole container, or several pallets together as a LCL (less than container load) shipment. Mercator regularly handles consolidated air freight shipments from South Korea, and we have organised UK export consolidated shipments

If you are in the process of organising a consolidated shipment for UK export or UK import, then get in touch with our team who will be glad to help you with a quote.  Our team can be reached by calling (+44) 02392 756 575, emailing sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk or completing the form below and someone will be in touch. 

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