Shipping Costs..HELP!!

[c hris527]

Long Story Short,
I have a expensive piece of test equipment in the UAE, United Arab, It prob weighs about 20 lbs or so, The Guy who has it says its about $2400 to ship DHL back to the states. I did check the site, I wonder if that was Their currency, or USD, either way seems really expensive to ship, Is this correct? Any alternatives? or advise on shipping overseas

 

[Mike A.]

Shipping costs have gone up a lot in recent years but that sounds extraordinary. Must be either a currency difference or some expedited service and a bunch of other things like brokerage, tariffs, insurance, etc., included in that. I ship a lot of international packages but mine are all out-going so I don't know the in-coming side well. Here going out a lower-value 1-5 lb package can get into the $ hundreds that way plus some additional taxes on the destination end depending on where. I probably could get that it into the $ thousands with a high enough declared value and some fast, couriered service.

Call DHL and ask. The websites are a pain to use for that kind of thing unless you have a shipping account and exact addresses and all.

 

[Ace844]

Dimensions also play a factor in costs as well as weight

 

[Don't Look Up]

Dimensions also play a factor in costs as well as weight

Here's another factor, fragile items shipped truck freight can't have items stacked on top of it so the space above is not available. They then charge you for the space they cannot fill.

 

[c hris527]

Shipping costs have gone up a lot in recent years but that sounds extraordinary. Must be either a currency difference or some expedited service and a bunch of other things like brokerage, tariffs, insurance, etc., included in that. I ship a lot of international packages but mine are all out-going so I don't know the in-coming side well. Here going out a lower-value 1-5 lb package can get into the $ hundreds that way plus some additional taxes on the destination end depending on where. I probably could get that it into the $ thousands with a high enough declared value and some fast, couriered service.

Call DHL and ask. The websites are a pain to use for that kind of thing unless you have a shipping account and exact addresses and all.

Thanks,

 

[Arjun]

You might want to consider alternatives like TNT Express and DTDC. They ship through passenger airline carriers (i.e. Delta airlines, Emirates, Etihad, etc) where they have space reserved these unique situations in the cargo bulkhead

 

[c hris527]

You might want to consider alternatives like TNT Express and DTDC. They ship through passenger airline carriers (i.e. Delta airlines, Emirates, Etihad, etc) where they have space reserved these unique situations in the cargo bulkhead

Thanks Arjun...TNT is now FedEx the other places I will have to look into when I get a chance. So I actually did a Calculation in USD for the package, Its still going to be around $800 us without any Insurance added,

 

[fenderman]

Thanks Arjun...TNT is now FedEx the other places I will have to look into when I get a chance. So I actually did a Calculation in USD for the package, Its still going to be around $800 us without any Insurance added,

Crazy. You could buy that thing its own plane ticket for that kind of money.

 

[c hris527]

"To ship a 12-metre container from Shanghai to Los Angeles 12 months ago would have cost less than $2,000. Now the price is closer to $14,000." Quoting a article from The National News.com <---whoever they are

Residents leaving UAE face high freight charges as shipping costs rocket

Logistics experts report a shortage of shipping containers owing to the disruption caused by the pandemic

www.thenationalnews.com

 

[Arjun]

Is it not possible to pack it into a box? (aka box in a box)
I think if you're able to play around with the dimensions, the price should fall drastically

"To ship a 12-metre container from Shanghai to Los Angeles 12 months ago would have cost less than $2,000. Now the price is closer to $14,000." Quoting a article from The National News.com <---whoever they are

Residents leaving UAE face high freight charges as shipping costs rocket

Logistics experts report a shortage of shipping containers owing to the disruption caused by the pandemic

www.thenationalnews.com

 

[sebastiantombs]

Freight rates are based on density of the freight, how big versus how heavy. Small heavy is way less expensive than big light.