What is Sea Freight and Why Use It?

U.K., Sept. 11 -- What is Sea Freight?

Sea Freight is a method of transporting large amounts of goods using carrier ships. Goods are packed into containers and then loaded onto a vessel. A typical cargo ship can carry around 18,000 containers, which means that sea freight is a cost-efficient way to transport high quantities over large distances.

There are a number of ways in which sea freight can be transported.

FCL or Full container load, which you purchase one or more full containers to send on a ship. LCL or Less than container load, where your products share a container as you may not have a full container's worth. Once they reach their destination, the container's contents are divided once more.

RORO or Roll on roll off, where yo...