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Seafreight and airfreight to Europe

LCL, FCL and airfreight from your factory to our hub near Rotterdam, booked, documented and timed to clear customs, so your stock lands ready to store.

Freight in

One booking, from your factory to our dock

Moving stock from an overseas factory to European shelves usually means juggling carriers, forwarders, customs brokers and warehouse slots. We collapse all of that into a single booking. You tell us what is ready and where; we arrange collection at origin, move it to our hub near Rotterdam, and have it clear customs and land on our dock ready to store.

Which mode fits depends on your volume and how fast you need it. Less-than-container load (LCL) is the economical choice when you are shipping a few pallets and can share container space. Full-container load (FCL) works out cheaper per unit once you are filling most of a 20- or 40-foot box. Airfreight is the lane for launches, replenishment gaps and high-value goods that cannot wait for a four-to-six-week sailing.

Before anything moves, the paperwork has to be right. We prepare and check the commercial invoice and packing list, confirm HS codes and Incoterms, and handle the export formalities at source, so nothing stalls at either border. Every leg stays visible to one point of contact who knows your account, instead of a chain of hand-offs between suppliers.

Containers and trailers at the loading docks of the Kolibri hub

How it works

How your freight moves

From your factory to our dock, every leg is booked and tracked by one team.

  1. 01

    Book & collect

    We pick the right lane, LCL, FCL or air, and arrange collection at your origin.

  2. 02

    Documents & export

    Commercial invoice, packing list and export formalities prepared and checked at source.

  3. 03

    Sailing & transit

    You get realistic transit windows and a heads-up on any roll-over or delay along the way.

  4. 04

    Arrival & handover

    Timed to line up with customs clearance and a booked unloading slot, ready to store.

Inside the Kolibri warehouse where arriving freight is received and stored

Arrival

Arrival timed to clearance and unloading

A container that arrives before its clearance is ready is a container running up demurrage. We plan arrival around the customs declaration and a booked unloading slot, so the box is stripped, checked and put away without waiting at the terminal.

Your goods are received against the packing list, counted in and added to stock the same day, ready for pick and pack. If a shipment is short or damaged, you hear it from us with photos, not weeks later.

Because freight is only the first step, we fold it into a single Europe quote alongside customs, VAT and fulfilment. You see one landed cost per unit, not a stack of invoices from four separate suppliers.

What's included

Everything this service covers

  • LCL & FCL ocean

    Consolidated or full-container sea freight, matched to your volume and budget.

  • Airfreight

    A faster lane for launches, replenishment gaps and urgent, high-value stock.

  • Origin pickup & export docs

    Collection, commercial invoice, packing list and export formalities handled at source.

  • One point of contact

    One team owns every leg and folds freight into a single Europe quote.

FAQ

Freight questions

What's the difference between LCL, FCL and airfreight?

LCL (less-than-container load) shares container space and suits a few pallets. FCL (full-container load) is cheaper per unit once you're filling most of a 20- or 40-foot container. Airfreight is the fast lane for launches, replenishment gaps and high-value stock that can't wait for a sea sailing.

Who handles the export documents?

We do, we prepare and check the commercial invoice and packing list, confirm HS codes and Incoterms, and handle the export formalities at origin so nothing stalls at either border.

What happens when my container arrives?

We time arrival around the customs declaration and a booked unloading slot, receive goods against the packing list and add them to stock the same day. If a shipment is short or damaged, you hear it from us with photos.

Get started

Add freight to your European setup

Tell us your volumes and origins and we'll fold this into one clear quote across freight, customs, VAT and fulfilment.