A carrier with extensive experience in international shipping can help you avoid these charges by predicting arrival times more accurately. Round-trip ground transportation is usually cheaper. Damage liability is hard to prove, and carrier payouts are usually minimal. That makes it essential to read each carrier's fine print. Protect yourself by investigating your carrier's liability and insurance coverage before you ship, not after.
Air freight is usually cheaper than sea freight.
Considering the additional landed charges, says Jones, sea freight is not only slower, it's more expensive. If you want your pallets to stay put, label them. Just because you send your equipment out on a stretch-wrapped or banded pallet doesn't mean it will arrive the same way, says Adams. It's still a good idea to individually label each carton on a pallet with the show name, address and booth number, just in case. Bigger can be better.