VVL GroupSince 1998
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Our services

Sea shipping

VVL Group offers a wide range of cargo-carrying services, including sea container shipping. More than 15 years’ work experience, good fellowship with customs centers and ports, the knowledge of logistic schemes let us to expand high-grade services.

What sea shipping includes?

shipping of the container

Sea shipping is a service package combining:

  • Freight forwarding by sea transport, but if the situation requires another alternative variant, we use rail way, air or automobile transport;
  • Drawing up accompanying documents;
  • Optimal route working out to minimize ;
  • Customs declaration;
  • Cargo handling and transshipment;
  • Work with difficult types of cargo ;
  • Insurance;
  • Storing cargo;
  • Consultations regarding foreign economic activity.

Shipping of the container by the sea

sea container shippingFreight containers are standard equipment intended for sea shipping. The package may include refrigeration equipment for the transportation of goods in a certain temperature range or special adaptations for rapid unloading. Moreover, these containers are successfully used for the movement of goods, which cannot be exposed to intermediate unloading. Containers are used for product handling without intermediate loading.

Sea container shipping can be executed in isothermal, open, standard and refrigerating models. They have the following marking:

  • 20 f - volume 33 sq. m., capacity 21, 7 t.;
  • 40 f – volume 67,6 sq. m., capacity 26,5 t;
  • 45 f – container length 13,72 meters for oversize cargo transportation.

Benefits of sea container delivery:

  • Universality. Containers allow to transport oversized, standard, consolidated, heavy-weight cargo with total weight of several thousand tons. Furthermore, sea shipping less depends on weather conditions than road haulage and air delivery;
  • Convenience. VVL Group accomplishes quick shipping all over the world. One of our business functions is a sea shipping arrangement in containers all over the Russian Federation and abroad under door-to-door scheme. Large loads can be delivered either by direct deliveries or combined supply chains involving other vehicles;
  • Security. Offshore container protects cargo from damage and prevents theft. That’s why, container shipping services are ideal for transportation valuable, fragile goods. The container is a sort of safe, which allows us to recommend sea freight as the most effective way of shipping across the country and abroad, at any distance;
  • Monitoring. The company monitors the location of goods with the help of developed tracking system at any time;
  • Availability. Long-term customers appreciate cargo containers, because this way of transportation optimizes the delivery time and reduce costs.

Sea shipment all over the world

International container transportation is a special point in our company’s services. Low price, safety of goods because of automated system of handling , ability to transport all types of loads with different characteristics and dimensions are advantages of container carriage.

Our company has an ability to provide multimodal transportation because of own warehouses. VVL Group collaborates with a number of major ports in different countries, as well as with the main customs points. We offer high-grade services. Our experts can provide consultations if it is necessary.