{"id":8464,"date":"2025-10-06T10:09:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=8464"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:17:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:17:52","slug":"sea-freight-from-south-korea-to-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/sea-freight-from-south-korea-to-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Freight from South Korea to the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>UK based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/\">freight forwarder<\/a> Mercator recently handled a cross trade shipment of sea freight from South Korea to the US.\u00a0 Our customer (also based in the UK) purchased the goods from the shipper in South Korea on a FOB (free on board) incoterm.\u00a0 Mercator\u2019s team therefore arranged for the sea freight from South Korea to the US, and all the associated local charges in the US, including US customs clearance and settling import duties and taxes in conjunction with our US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcopololine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partner agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As the shipment was two pallets and not time sensitive, our customer opted to utilise LCL (less than container load) sea freight from South Korea to the US.\u00a0 As part of the LCL process, the shipment is loaded in a shared shipping container, splitting the costs of the full container proportionately to size and weight of each shipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LCL-Pallets-Shipping-from-South-Korea-to-the-USA-250x300.webp\" alt=\"Two shrink wrapped pallets for sea freight from South Korea to the US\" class=\"wp-image-8466\" style=\"width:340px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LCL-Pallets-Shipping-from-South-Korea-to-the-USA-250x300.webp 250w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LCL-Pallets-Shipping-from-South-Korea-to-the-USA-854x1024.webp 854w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LCL-Pallets-Shipping-from-South-Korea-to-the-USA-768x921.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LCL-Pallets-Shipping-from-South-Korea-to-the-USA.webp 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sea freight from South Korea to the US takes in the region of 35 days port to port, depending on routing and whether it is a direct service.\u00a0 To calculate door to door shipping, for LCL add on up to a week either side for cut-off times by the co-loader, loading, unpacking and customs clearance to take place.<\/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 that you would like to use sea freight from South Korea to the US for, then get in touch with our team for a quote.\u00a0 Our services for sea freight from South Korea to the US include FCL (full container load) and part loads, we can also arrange air freight if your consignment is of an urgent nature.\u00a0 Get in touch with our team by calling (+44)\u00a0<a href=\"tel:00442392756575\">02392 756 575<\/a>, emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk\">sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0or completing the form below and we will be in touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div 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