{"id":6754,"date":"2023-09-25T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=6754"},"modified":"2025-02-23T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:04:10","slug":"cross-trade-shipment-from-slovenia-to-australia-a-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/cross-trade-shipment-from-slovenia-to-australia-a-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross Trade Shipment from Slovenia to Australia \u2013 A Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercator was instructed to arrange a cross trade shipment for our customer based in the UK of three shipping containers from Slovenia to Australia.\u00a0 A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/cross-trade-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cross trade shipment<\/a> is when a shipment does not pass through the country that the seller is based in. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to our founding membership of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcopololine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">freight forwarder network MarcoPoloLine<\/a>, we have a partnership with a freight forwarder based in Koper, Slovenia.\u00a0 In conjunction with our colleagues in Slovenia we arranged the delivery of the shipping cntainers to the exporter\u2019s yard for loading.\u00a0 Once the shipping containers were loaded ready for export, we arranged for the units to be delivered to Koper port for loading onto a vessel.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure 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