moving to india

Introducing Cube Free LCL Shipping To India

We are excited to announce our newest offering, 'CUBE FREE' shipping for our LCL (shared container) customers who are shipping to India. There is always anxiety in not knowing what your final bill will be when paying by volume (per cubic feet). Our 'CUBE FREE' service takes all the mystery and guess work out of LCL shipping. You no longer have to wait in suspense wondering what your final bill will be. No stress or time wasted in disputing over the final bill means peace of mind in knowing how much you will pay…Read more

Shipping To India as LCL in a Shared Container

If you are shipping to India from USA and paying for your own move, ’Less Than a Container Load (LCL)’ is an affordable way to ship your belongings in small quantities such as some boxes, 1 or 2 TVs and even some furniture. Typically, LCL shipping to India requires a minimum volume requirement of only 50 Cubic Feet (around 8 - 10 boxes). Your boxes are stacked up & wrapped together on a 48" x 40" wooden platform called a pallet in a warehouse facility before being loaded into an ocean container. Also…Read more

What is dimensional weight of cargo and why is it important?

Have you wondered why most airlines have restrictions on both the size & weight of your check-in baggage and also on cargo shipped as unaccompanied baggage? Do you know how airlines evaluate the weight of your cargo when charging you for excess weight or when charging you for cargo shipped as unaccompanied baggage? Cargo space has physical limits based on the volume of the cargo and the weight. The reason why both volume & weight are evaluated can be better understood if you consider the cost of shipping a large object with less…Read more

Palletizing Explained

Standard Pallet Dims: 40”x48”x5” Maximum Pallet Height: 101” Standard Large Box Dims: 18”x18”24” Standard Medium Box Dims: 18”x18”x18” Standard Small Box Dims: 12”x12”x18” The Basics: If shipping large or medium boxes, ship in multiples of 4 for maximum space utilization. Different size boxes can increase the amount of unusable space. Each layer can have 4 large or medium boxes. This leaves unusable space of 4” on the short side and 12” on the long side of the pallet. If you are shipping small boxes, then each layer can have 12 boxes. It leaves…Read more