American Shipping International
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Maritime

RoRo Shipments

RoRo means the unit is driven aboard and secured on a deck, with no container involved. For a single running car it is usually the cheaper option, and whether it is the right one depends on the vehicle and on what else is travelling with it.

We book cars, household goods, boats, yachts, motorbikes, heavy equipment and oversized cargo this way.

Our agents at the destination handle clearance and can tell you what duty and packing to expect before the unit sails.

Rows of used cars and SUVs parked along a lane in a vehicle storage yard at golden hour, with port cranes on the horizon
Units wait in the yard for a sailing that fits them. Which one that is depends on the vehicle, not on the destination alone.

Maritime

Container Shipments

Our ocean freight forwarding services cover the entire freight transportation process by sea.

Our full container load service offers departures to and from Sallaum and Grimaldi ports such as New York, Baltimore, Savannah, Jacksonville and Houston. We also provide less than container load services which are considered to be the most flexible, and least expensive way to ship smaller and less time-sensitive cargoes.

We can help load your containers at our warehouses with utmost professionalism and care. As a rule of thumb, our team will work with you to understand your unique requirements before deciding on the right container.

Maritime

Breakbulk Shipments

While containers may be one of the convenient ways to ship cargoes, they are not always the best option. That's where breakbulk shipping comes into play. Items that are oversized, overweight and are too large to fit into containers are considered breakbulk, and must be loaded individually.

Examples of breakbulk cargo include wind turbines, oil and gas machinery, pipes, turbine blades, ship propellers, generators, large engines and steel parts.

Overcome the obstacles of shipping such cargos by contacting us.

Maritime

Project Cargo

Considered as one of the most complex shipments in shipping, project cargo includes large, heavy, high value or complex parts of equipment. The term “project cargo” comes from the need to devise a detailed and well-thought plan that takes into consideration time, delivery date, budget and safety requirements.

There are several industries that rely on project cargo such as:

  • Oil and gas
  • Renewable energy
  • Aerospace
  • Engineering
  • Military

Air

General Cargo

General cargo does not require extra precautions or special handling during air transport. It can either be:

  1. Loose or separate cargo: considered as a single product and can directly be allocated to the most suitable space on the airplane.
  2. Palletised cargo: that is a group of goods shipped together and packed on a pallet or container.

These types of shipments belong to:

  • Retail and most consumer goods
  • Electronics and gadgets
  • Dry goods
  • Hardware
  • Textiles
  • Household goods
  • Office equipment
  • Sports equipment
  • Clothes

Basically, when we talk about general cargo, think about your everyday objects

Air

Special Cargo

As the name may hint at, special cargo are goods that require special handling due to their nature and/or value. They may have to follow a specific criteria during their transport such as packaging, labeling, documentation and handling.

Special shipments can either be:

  1. In gauge cargo: goods that can be shipped in a standard 6-wall container, flat-rack or open-top container.
  2. Out of gauge cargo: oversized goods that can't be shipped in a flat rack or open-top container since they exceed them by length, width or height.

Items that fall into the special cargo category include:

  • Dangerous goods
  • Animals
  • Perishable cargo
  • Wet cargo
  • Time and temperature sensitive products such as medical kits

Basically, when we talk about general cargo, think about your everyday objects

Whichever of these fits your cargo, the next question is when it can sail. Pick a loading port and a destination to see the voyages on that route.

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