Less-than-Container-Load (LCL) Ocean Freight
Providing more direct services than any other forwarder, giving you space availability every week
We’re here to help you ship smaller consignments, without the need to compromise. Our Less-than-Container-Load (LCL) Ocean Freight business works by consolidating several smaller shipments, either from different shippers and/or different consignees into one container, providing you access to one global network with the most extensive and frequent LCL direct services to and from all major ports and inland points.
Take a Look Inside DHL Ocean LCL
Offering a flexible, Less-than-Container-Load (LCL) Ocean Freight service to suit your needs.
Our Ocean Freight LCL Products
DHL Ocean LCL
Helping you avoid the stresses and complexities of global trade. DHL Ocean LCL provides you with reliable, fully managed end-to-end transportation, ensuring predictability across your supply chain and helping you deliver on your promises to customers. We offer more direct services cutting transit times to a minimum and avoiding transhipment and double handling.
Best for Shippers Who
- Don’t have enough cargo for a full container or need the entire capacity from a dedicated container
- Need extra space for overflow on top of an already full container
- Want to reduce emissions and save cost on transportation by shifting from air freight to ocean freight
- Want a single provider to centralise and manage global shipments from multiple origins
Key Features and Benefits
- Promises you reliability through a shipped as booked policy; with fast and guaranteed transit times
- Helps you drive down costs, only paying for the space you use
- Gives you a simple flat ocean freight rate per CBM or TON for the actual shipment size booked
- Offers fully flexible options to suit you; from door-to-door or any other transport combination
- GoGreen Plus: decarbonise shipments at no extra cost
DHL Ocean Buyers and Shippers Consolidation
Helping you increase efficiency, whilst decreasing your overall shipment cost. DHL Ocean Buyers and Shippers Consolidation allows you to bundle your orders from/to multiple manufacturers or consignees (in one or multi-countries), turning your ocean freight LCL shipments into a dedicated FCL shipment.
Best for Buyers/Shippers
- With cargo to multiple customers / from multiple suppliers, in one or multiple countries, with the same origin or destination
- Who have the ability to combine shipments to streamline the logistics process
Key Features and Benefits
- Cargo is handled and checked in our own/approved warehouses at all locations, ensuring safety and negligible risk of damage or loss
- Provides a more cost-effective solution than under-utilised FCL containers and/or high volumes as LCL
- Provides reliability and predictability through scheduled departures and fixed lead times
- Offers the flexibility to handle overflow or underflow LCL on DHL’s network at comparable lead times
Case Studies
Learn how our LCL solutions have helped our customers around the world optimise their shipping and logistics.
Understanding your Ocean Freight LCL options
Learn how our LCL solutions have helped our customers around the world optimise their shipping and logistics.
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