U-Freight has launched a Shenzhen-Oakland LCL service, claiming to be the only forwarder in Shenzhen that offers a guaranteed regular weekly consolidation service between Shenzhen and Oakland.
The Hong Kong headquartered freight andlogistics group said the service had an 18-day transit time and also accepted cargo from the Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta areas, adding that its ocean freight arm -U-Ocean-continued to enhance the range of scheduled ocean freight consolidation services it offers in a number of important trade lanes.
The company also offers twice-weekly ocean freight consolidation services in both directions between Hong Kong and Shanghai, each with a transit time of three days. U-Ocean also has several other regular ocean freight consolidation services in the intra-Asian and transpacific trades.
CEO Simon Wong said that the group would look at more destinations for new consolidation services "as it appreciates that its clients are looking for the company to develop imaginative and intelligent routings to reach their customers in the shortest possible lead times". The company stressed that consignments shipped on the U-Ocean consolidation services have full track and trace visibility from origin to destination via the U-Freight group's website.
"Furthermore, U-Ocean stresses that as it is in control of the consolidation services, there is much less chance of damage to cargo compared to the third party consolidation services available on the general market," it added.