Maritime container transportation

Simplextrans specializes in sea container transportation, connecting Turkey, China, USA, Europe, Asia, America, and Africa with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and other CIS countries, fostering seamless logistics in both directions.

The list of services we provide:

  • Supplying containers for loading at the shipper’s warehouse and delivering them to the loading port.
  • Assistance in document preparation, including translation support into Russian.
  • Port forwarding services for efficient cargo handling.
  • Transshipment of containers in ports from trucks or railway cars to vessels and vice versa.
  • Sea freight payment management for container transportation.
  • Container delivery by road or railway from ports to the consignor’s warehouse.
  • Continuous monitoring of cargo location throughout the transportation process.

The standard list of documents required for custom clearance at the port:

  • cargo delivery contract;
  • original invoices with the translation into English or Russian (for ports of Ukraine and Russia);
  • original packing lists with the translation into English or Russian (for ports of Ukraine and Russia);
  • original transport document (consignment, CMR, railway invoice);
  • original Certificate of origin / quality;
  • power of attorney issued by the consignee of cargo to our representative in the port of the container unloading.

Additionally:

  • For animal-origin cargo: Original Veterinary Certificate
  • For vegetable-origin cargo: Original Phytosanitary Certificate, Fumigation Certificate

Note: Additional documents may be necessary based on the specific type of cargo.

Types and sizes of sea containers:

To transport cargo by sea most often are used the following types of containers:

Image Container type Internal dimensions Dimensions of the loading doors Container weight (kgs) Max capacity (m3) Max capacity (kg)
40′ High cube Container L:12.056m W:2.347m H:2.684m W:2.340m H:2.585m 2,900 kg 76.0 cbm. 29,600 kg
40′ Dry Container L:12.051m W:2.340m H:2.380m W:2.286m H:2.278m 3,084 kg 67.3 cbm. 27,397 kg
20′ Dry Container L:5.919m W:2.340m H:2.380m W:2.286m H:2.278m 1,900 kg 33.0 cbm 22,100 kg

To calculate the cost of the container transport of cargo is necessary to send a request to our e-mail manager@simplextrans.com   in which we ask to indicate the following information:

  • the name of cargo
  • the weight of the cargo
  • the place of loading
  • delivery location
  • type of container
  • the list of requested services.