{"id":8303,"date":"2025-05-19T10:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=8303"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:11:07","slug":"shipping-machinery-to-china-from-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/shipping-machinery-to-china-from-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping Machinery to China from the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercator\u2019s export team was recently tasked with shipping machinery to China including the transit, loading and lashing of the piece of machinery on a 20\u2019 flat rack shipping container and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/where-we-ship\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sea freight to China<\/a>.\u00a0 This consignment of machinery was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/freight-services\/project-cargo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">out of gauge<\/a> as it hung over each side once loaded, this, combined with ability to load and lash, resulted in utilising a 20\u2019 flat rack container for shipping to China.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For this task of shipping machinery to China, we were instructed to handle the shipment as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/5-most-common-incoterms-in-shipping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIF<\/a> for the UK exporter (the \u201cshipper\u201d).&nbsp; CIF means that the shipper is responsible for the cargo and risks from their door up to the port in the destination country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our team arranged for the machinery to be picked up from the shipper and delivered to our partner warehouse where the piece was loaded and lashed securely onto the 20\u2019 flat rack shipping container.&nbsp; Once secured and ready for transit, the shipping container was transported to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Felixstowe port<\/a> for sea freight to China, which our team also handled from Felixstowe to Shanghai port.&nbsp;<\/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 class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Machinery-for-export.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Machinery-for-export.webp 604w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Machinery-for-export-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Machinery-Loaded-for-Transit.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Machinery-Loaded-for-Transit.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Machinery-Loaded-for-Transit-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-on-a-20-Flat-Rack-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-on-a-20-Flat-Rack-1.webp 480w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-on-a-20-Flat-Rack-1-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the shipment arrived in China, the responsibility and risk transferred to the consignee (the importer in China), handled by our partner agent based in Shangahi, thanks to our membership of the freight forwarder network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcopololine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MarcoPoloLine<\/a>.  Our export team is well versed in shipping machinery across the globe using a variety of shipping container types and destinations, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/sea-freight-to-the-usa-from-the-uk-freight-forwarding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/flat-rack-container-shipping-to-canada-a-freight-forwarder-case-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-UK-to-China.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-UK-to-China.webp 819w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-UK-to-China-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Export-Machinery-UK-to-China-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\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 piece of out of gauge, or particularly awkward machinery for shipping, get in touch with our team who will be able to provide you with a quote for export shipping.&nbsp; 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