The qualities and experience of an international freight forwarder specializing in the American market

The international freight forwarder UBV has the structure, all necessary licenses, and all required certifications to manage pallet shipments by sea to the United States independently without relying on maritime consolidators

This ensures complete control of the shipping process: from pick-up at the client’s warehouse to customs clearance in America and delivery to the final customer in the United States. This is a significant quality guarantee because, in this way, UBV becomes the sole point of reference for the company for all stages of shipping to the U.S.

In the case of FCL [Full Container Load] shipments, we say that all freight forwarders can manage this type of sea shipment and that it does not require a special structure to do so: All it takes is a computer, you assign the carrier, the shipping company, and the customs broker at the port, and the job is done. This is to say that with the exception of the usual major players, Italy consists of many small freight forwarders who do not always have the strength to have their own complete structure and, for consolidated sea shipments to America, they must necessarily rely on others.

It’s different with maritime consolidation to the U.S. [direct, not by consolidator] In this case, the freight forwarder must have a solid structure, a warehouse, experienced personnel, licenses, and more. To manage consolidated sea shipments, a freight forwarder must be NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier), which requires providing a bond with the United States, for example, and the freight forwarder must also be registered with the U.S. FMC (FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION)