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Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh to Istanbul | Phaata Logistics Marketplace Update

Sea freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh to Istanbul (Turkey) on the container shipping market have been updated by Phaata where shippers/cargo owners easily find, compare and book directly with freight forwarders/logistics companies for cargo shipping.

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Table of contents

  1. Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 20'GP container

  2. Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 40'GP container

  3. Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 40'HQ container

  4. Ho Chi Minh City Port

  5. Port of Istanbul (Turkey)

  6. Common fees and surcharges in ocean container shipping

 

Below are some of the updated international sea freight rates for container shipping from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul (Turkey), quoted by freight forwarders / logistics companies on Phaata for your reference and selection. If you want more freight quotes from other logistics companies, please send a specific quote request to Phaata here: Request for Freight Quotes.

 

1. Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 20'GP container

 

The ocean freight quotes for a 20ft container (20'GP) from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul (Turkey) are as follows:

>> See moreSea freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 20'GP container

 

To get more good freight quotes for a 20ft container from other freight forwarders/logistics companies, you can also send a request for freight quotes to Phaata

 

2. Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 40'GP container

 

The ocean freight quotes for a 40ft container (40'GP) from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul (Turkey) are as follows:

>> See moreSea freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 40'GP container

 

To get more good freight quotes for a 40ft container from other freight forwarders/logistics companies, you can also send a request for freight quotes to Phaata

 

3. Ocean freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 40'HQ container

 

The ocean freight quotes for a 40ft high cube container (40'HQ) from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul (Turkey) are as follows:

>> See moreSea freight quotes from Ho Chi Minh City to Istanbul | 40'HQ container

 

To get more good freight quotes for a 40ft high cube container from other freight forwarders/logistics companies, you can also send a request for freight quote to Phaata.

PHAATA is Vietnam's first international logistics marketplace where helps connecting transactions between Shippers/Import-Export companies with logistics companies quickly and efficiently.

Currently, there are more than 1,300 booths of freight forwarders/logistics companies offering services on Phaata Logistics Marketplace. Therefore, Phaata can bring many benefits to the Cargo Owners/Importers/Exporters as follows:

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4. Ho Chi Minh City port

 

Ho Chi Minh Port (Port of Ho Chi Minh) is a system of seaports in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This is the largest seaport system in Vietnam with a strategic position in economic development, acting as the country's international gateway for import and export activities.

The list of main ports in Ho Chi Minh includes: CAT LAI PORT, TAN CANG PHU HUU PORT, TAN CANG HIEP PHUOC PORT (TCHP), VIETNAM INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINALS (VICT), TAN THUAN PORT, BEN NGHE PORT, SAIGON PREMIER CONTAINER TERMINAL PORT (SPCT), CONTAINER SP-ITC PORT

 

5. Port of Istanbul (Turkey)

 

The Port of Istanbul (Istanbul Port), also known as the Port of Haydarpaşa, is the container port of Istanbul, Türkiye, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus Strait, near Haydarpaşa Station, the port is protected by two breakwaters.


The Port of Istanbul is the largest container port in the region, with an annual cargo throughput of over six million tons. Consisting of two large piers with 21 berths, its terminals handle breakbulk and general cargo, general cargo, roll cargo, container cargo and boat services. The water depth in the bays ranges from 5 to 10 meters.


The container terminals of the Port of Istanbul can handle 1,200 ships per year and 144 thousand TEU of container cargo. The port has a storage space of 10 hectares or 6 thousand TEU of container cargo. In addition to the 31 ha open warehouse and 2 ha covered warehouse, the additional area outside the Port of Istanbul covers an area of 5.5 ha with a capacity of 52.8 thousand TEU.


The new terminal at the Port of Istanbul can handle 360 ships per year and 410 thousand tons of cargo. Daily services link the facility to Trieste, Italy and Constanta, Romania. The Port of Istanbul can handle 1,134 general cargo ships per year and the bulk terminals can handle 79 ships per year. The Port of Istanbul also houses a grain bunker with a capacity of 34 thousand tons. The rail ferry terminal operates between Sirkeci and Haydarpasa and can move 480 tons or 14 rail cars between the two sides of the Bosphorus.


Istanbul Port Address: Meclisi Mebusan Cad No 52 Salipazari Istanbul Turkey

 

6. Common fees and surcharges in ocean container shipping

 

- O/F (Ocean Freight)

Ocean freight is the amount that the charterer has to pay to the shipping line or freight forwarding company for the carriage to bring the goods to the destination and ready to deliver to the consignee.

 

- Documentation fee:

Documentary fees are collected by the shipping line/forwarding company when issuing documents relating to the shipment being shipped.

 

- B/L (Bill of Lading) fee:

B/L fee is a Bill of lading issuance fee, which is collected by the carrier being a shipping line or a freight forwarding company. Bill of lading (commonly referred to as a Bill) issued by the carrier or his representative to the shipper as proof that the carrier has received the goods and undertakes the carriage from the place of destination. to the destination for delivery to the consignee.

 

- Handling fee:

A handling fee is an agent fee for tracking the delivery and transportation of goods as well as declaring the manifest with the customs office before the ship arrives at the port.

 

- THC (Terminal Handling Charge)

THC is the loading and unloading surcharge at the port, which is the fee collected on each container to offset the costs of cargo handling activities at the port such as: loading and unloading, gathering containers from CY to the jetty, etc. In fact, this is a fee charged by the port. regulations, shipping lines pay for and then collect from shippers (shippers and consignees).

 

- CIC (Container Imbalance Charge) fee

CIC is the unbalanced surcharge for the container, also known as the surcharge for transferring the empty container. This is a kind of surcharge that shipping lines collect to offset costs arising from moving large quantities of empty containers from places of excess to places of shortage.

 

- EBS (Emergency Bunker Surcharge) fee

EBS is the fuel surcharge for cargo routes to Asia. This surcharge offsets the cost of "loss" due to fluctuations in world gasoline prices for shipping lines. EBS fee is a type of shipping surcharge, EBS fee is not considered a local charge.

 

- AMS (Automatic Manifest System)

AMS is an automatic customs declaration fee for the importing country (usually the USA, Canada, China). This is the fee to declare the details of the goods before the goods are loaded on the ship to be transported to the US.

 

- BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor)

BAF is a fuel fluctuation surcharge collected by shipping lines from shippers to offset costs incurred due to fuel price fluctuations. Equivalent to the term FAF (Fuel Adjustment Factor).

 

- CAF (Currency Adjustment Factor)

CAF is an exchange rate fluctuation surcharge collected by shipping lines from shippers to offset costs incurred due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations…

 

- CCF (Cleaning Container Free)

CCF is the container cleaning fee that the importer has to pay to the shipping line to clean the empty container after the importer uses the container to transport goods and returns it at the depot.

 

- DDC (Destination Delivery Charge)

DDC is the delivery charge at the port of destination. This fee is collected by the shipping line to cover the costs of unloading the goods from the ship, arranging the container in the terminal (terminal), and the entrance fee to the port.

 

- PCS (Port Congestion Surcharge)

PCS is a port congestion surcharge, this surcharge applies when the port of loading or unloading occurs, which may delay the ship, leading to related costs for the shipowner (because of the value of time of the whole ship is quite large).

 

- ISF (Import Security Filing)

ISF is a security clearance fee for importers in the US. In addition to the automatic declaration of US customs information, in January 2010, US customs and the US border protection agency officially applied additional security declaration procedures for importers.


To find container shipping freight quotes for other routes, you can quickly access the Phaata Logistics Marketplace.

Hope you find the best ocean freight rate and logistics service soon!

 

Source: Phaata.com - Vietnam's first international logistics marketplace

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