Shipping
Natural Stone Shipping from Indonesia
Shipping is where an order leaves Indonesian control and becomes a freight movement. What we handle is the part before that, done properly: readiness, packing, loading, and documents that match the cargo.
Overview
Export shipping for stone is mostly a preparation problem. If the order is ready, packed to the route and documented to the destination, the freight itself is ordinary. When any of those three is unfinished, no carrier can fix it.
We arrange freight for the order and prepare the documents that match it. What we do not do is estimate transit times or quote duties, because those belong to the carrier and to your customs authority, not to us.
Export preparation
Three things settled before freight
Each one has to be closed out before a booking makes sense, and each one is decided with the order rather than after it.
- Product readiness
The order is produced, inspected and packed before freight is arranged. Booking a vessel against a batch that is still in production is how a shipment starts late.
- Order and packing confirmation
The packing unit, the count and the labelling are confirmed, because the shipping documents describe the cargo and the cargo has to match them.
- Destination details
The destination port and the terms are agreed with the quotation. Both decide which documents are needed, so both have to be settled before the container moves.
Container and port process
From the yard to the vessel
The loaded container moves from the yard to the port, is received against the booking, and is loaded for the voyage. The sequence at the port is the port authority's, not ours, and it runs to their schedule.
What we control is that the container arrives when it is expected, that the cargo matches its documents, and that nothing about the load is a surprise to the carrier.
Sea freight
Stone travels by sea, in full containers and in shared loads. The right choice depends on the quantity and the timing: a full container is simpler to plan and to check, while a shared load suits smaller orders at the cost of transshipment and handling.
Which one applies to your order is part of the quotation. Transit days are not quoted here, because they change with the carrier and the season.
Documentation
What we will and will not list
Documentation is where a website is most tempted to publish a general answer. This page does not, and here is the reason.
- What we can say here
The document set depends on the destination, the route and the trade terms. It is confirmed with the quotation rather than listed on this page, because a list published here would be wrong for some destinations and buyers would reasonably rely on it.
- What we cannot say here
Transit times, customs handling, import duties and the charges your forwarder will apply. Those depend on the carrier and the country, and they are not ours to promise.
Shipping enquiry
Send the port and the terms
With the destination port, the quantity and the terms, we can answer about freight, packing and the documents that go with the order.