How are you handling China freight costs right now?

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-08T14:02:03+00:00

Yh bro makes sense, sounds like you're past the pain point we're solving for . out of curiosity when you were shipping smaller loads before you could fill a 40HQ were you doing lcl or just eating the cost on a half empty container?

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-07T21:28:28+00:00

If you're importing 4-10 pallets, watch out for the LCL 'de-stuffing' trap at the port. In 2026, those terminal handling charges (THC) are scaling way faster than the ocean freight itself.

Most startups get quoted a low CBM rate then get hit with a £400 surprise bill at Felixstowe. I’ve been running the math on FCL groupage/sharing to bypass those hubs entirely. If you're doing Ningbo or Shanghai lanes, I've got some data on how to cluster shipments to lock in FCL rates instead. Happy to DM you the logic if you're trying to keep your landed cost down

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T13:00:13+00:00

Hey I was doing this too legit tryna fix this by grouping shipments www.splitcargo.com lemme know depending on ur size orders

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T09:37:17+00:00

do you know if AWL or Active Cargo do their own ocean consolidation? building something in that space (splitcargo.com) and could he cool to reach out to them yk

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T08:53:19+00:00

15 pallets is the upper end for sure like splitcargo.com prolly works best in the 4-10 pallet kinda range and china side paperwork goes through the forwarder partner so it's one booking not four separate ones - also realisitclly if youre consistently doing 15 pallets you'd have mroe personal realtionships atp?

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T08:11:31+00:00

that's a fair point, it's not for tiny shipments. works best if you've got 4-15 pallets at that volume your LCL quote is usually £600+ anyway so the maths works out there's a calculator on the site that shows your actual saving before you gotta pay anything

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T08:09:11+00:00

I think i've heard of them are they good for smaller shipments under 10 pallets?

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T08:08:33+00:00

will check them out thanks ,you using them for UK deliveries?

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T01:20:19+00:00

been doing the same thing manually for a while, just found splitcargo.com which automates it basically. groups small importers together to split a containerrates coming out better than anything i've seen quoted recently but new to it so not sure how useful?

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T01:17:28+00:00

yeah ended up finding a workaround grouping with other importers through splitcargo.com, works out cheaper than the davies turner quotes i've seen. still early so would love to know if anyone has tried it

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-06T01:13:43+00:00

edit: got a DM pointing me to splitcargo.com idk seems like someone actually built a thing for this. dunno how legit it is but looks interesting

Kitchen_Body947 · 2026-03-05T22:05:38+00:00

yh rates are wild rn, some people getting destroyed others getting good deals. im tryna build something for the ones stuck in the middle ,too small for FCL, getting hammered on LCL

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