{"id":8291,"date":"2025-05-06T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=8291"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T13:06:40","slug":"sea-freight-export-to-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/sea-freight-export-to-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Freight FCL Export to Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We were recently assigned to handle four FCL (full container load) 40\u2019 high cube containers for export to Malaysia from the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our export team organised loading the shipping containers at the customer\u2019s site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/customs-clearance\/\">UK export customs clearance<\/a>, VGM (weighing of the containers at the 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all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/freight-services\/sea-freight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sea freight<\/a> sailings, there is a cut off date for vessels whereby the laden shipping containers are required to be on quay to reach that sailing, this adds a few days at the beginning of the shipping process.&nbsp; Once the shipping container has arrived at destination, there will be a few days to wait for the vessel to unload and for local customs clearance to be carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a shipment from the UK for export to Malaysia, get in touch with our team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/freight-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experienced freight forwarders<\/a> who will be able to provide you with a quote for sea or air freight.&nbsp; You can get in contact by calling us on (+44)&nbsp;<a 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