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1 LESS-THAN-CONTAINER-LOAD (LCL)LCL SEA CARGO: FROM SINGLE WORLDWIDE SHIPMENTS TO MULTI-COUNTRY CONSOLIDATIONKey highlightsDamco s complete Door to Door LCL offering provides you with consistently high quality solutions, responsive service and competitive rates. Our unique solution is tailor made by our GLOBAL ocean freight and solution design experts Reduce inventory by reducing order size and ordering more frequently Increased flexibility to respond to changing customer demand by postponing your decisions on the final destination and delivery date of shipments Optimization of freight spend thanks to competitive end to end pricing Optional multi-country consolidation programme Total cargo visibility (myDamco) based on GLOBAL cargo management system Performance measured and reported, based on agreed KPIs Competent, local customer service staff at both origin and destination GLOBAL door-to-door services with reliable lead timesProgramme outlineDamco s GLOBAL LCL programme uses our GLOBAL network of offices and suppliers, together with our extensive experience in handling LCL ocean cargo, to create dependable solutions for companies that need to ship large numbers of small size cargoes reliably and programme comprises several options that can be combined as needed.
2 Companies in many industries are responding to rapidly changing customer behaviour by shortening their product life cycles and keeping stock levels low, resulting in growing numbers of small size orders. This in turn leads to escalating transport costs. Our LCL programme brings the potential economies of scale and the associated cost benefits of FCL (full container load ) shipments to shippers of LCL Direct contai ner consolidat ion Consol idation of cargo, shipped dire ctly from origi n to destination Loa ded in Damco opera ted LCL programme Consol idation in origi n if re quire d Transhipment in hub, de-consol idation and re -consol idation pos sible Fi xed weekly sailing schedule and re liable tra nsit times Loa ded with carri ers on Damco contra ctMulti-country consolidation Consol idation of LCL cargo for the same customer from differe nt origi ns into FCL at the hub.
3 Shipped and delivere d as CY to nal destination Utilising Damco hubs for consol idation Loa ded with carri ers on Damco contra ctVal ue-added ser vi ces Doc umentation manage ment Customs cleara nce/b rokera ge serv ices Pick-up, delivery and distri bution serv ices Standard shipment visibility Professional cargo handling for tra nshipment Fl exible hub in tra nsit Multi-country consolidation for LCLD amco s LCL services range from the coordination of single LCL shipments all the way to multi-country consolidation. All LCL cargo is consolidated into FCL loads at one of our hubs and then shipped to destination, thus realising significant savings in transportation, administration, and handling costs and reducing transit times.
4 Transportation can even be made easier by adding value-added services such as to-door trucking and customs & EXCEPTION MANAGEMENTDESTINATIONDC123456789123PO to supplie r / cc Damco Prepare goodsArrange collection - date / time 456 Collection / delivery EDI LinkBonded warehouse r eceives & consolidates inventory based on agreed rules789 Create export documentsTransport mode selection / loadingDelivery to Customer Conso lidat ion Storage Cust oms Man agement Val ue Added Serv ice s Delay in Transi t Transp ort Plan ning Shipping Co-ord inat ionThe Damco advantageDamco is uniquely positioned for offering a complete and competitive LCL excellent track recordFor more than three decades we have been providing our customers, wherever they are in the world, with transportation and logistics solutions globally.
5 This has made Damco one of the world s leading providers of freight forwarding and supply chain management services. Many of the world s best-known companies use us as their logistics partner of choice when delivering GLOBAL networkWith more than 11,000 employees working from 300 offices in over 100 countries, Damco has a truly GLOBAL network that can handle virtually every origin and destination through more than 10,000 corridors worldwide, using our own LCL groupage containers and working with our GLOBAL co-loading on flexibilityBecause we are a non-asset owning logistics service provider, our dedicated and experienced LCL specialists are free to create a seamless solution that fits your needs using the best resources available in the market.
6 About DamcoDamco is one of the world s leading third party logistics providers. Flexible enough to act on specific customer requirements and robust enough to deliver, Damco supports companies worldwide with customised freight forwarding and supply chain solutions that are innovative, sustainable and cost-effective. With 11,000+ employees and more than 300 offices in over 100 countries, Damco combines its GLOBAL coverage with detailed know-how of local situations and