Sefco

How to ship your personal effects overseas.

Need to ship a small to medium quantity of personal effects to your overseas destination?
Looking for an economical and safe option?

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY SHIPPING
SERVICE OPTIONS

Call Sefco at 888-268-0565
Email: info@sefco-export.com


Feel free to ask for our advice and recommendations.
Here are some suggestions for the economically minded shipper.


For our Sefco E-Economy Self-Service Customers

This is what we call "The Super Box"
We can put our Sefco Export customers in direct contact with the manufacturer. Buy it online and they will deliver it to your door. You can self-pack and load it. We pickup/receive and ship when you are ready.

Pallet-Sized Bulk Pack Shipping Containers
Purchase these 45-cubic foot heavy-duty shipping cartons which are made to fit onto a standard 48" x 40" x 40" pallet.
• Extra large, extremely sturdy containers
• Ideal for shipping and storing bulky items
• 350-lb. corrugated test with double wall, BC flute construction
• Optional lift-off lid (must be stapled before use)
• Ships motor freight
Pack it yourself, send us a certified copy of your packing list* and we will give you one flat price for this extra large shipping carton, from your USA zip code, to practically any overseas destination. (*ask us for advice)

Options include: Buy the container direct from the manufacturer and let us know when you will be ready for pickup, or you arrange to self-deliver the prepackaged goods to our CFS receiving/shipping warehouse for export.

Have you decided to become a Sefco Export customer?
We can help you order products and export packing materials. Any purchasing arrangements made through Sefco Export will be based on our proforma invoice including a minimum p/a handling fee of $ 250. We can recommend materials and direct you to specific item numbers on the manufacturers catalogue. Often manufacturers will have a minimum order size. Note: Sefco Export can professionally package your goods for export - when full origin packing and overseas shipping services are requested. Or, we can ship/handle only where the client self-packs.

    Recommended Packaging Materials include:
    [Pallet-Sized Bulk Pack Shipping Container]
    This heavy duty carton is what we call "the super box".
    sizes: 48 x 40 x 30" (B1-1132) and
          48 x 40 x 36" (B1-1133) - sold in bundles of 5

    Also useful:

    [2000-Lb. Capacity Recyclable Pallet]

    • Strong enough to support up to 2000-lb. dynamic loads
    • Injection molded construction is steam cleanable and weather-resistant
    • Leg drain holes prevent liquids from accumulating
    • 40 x 48"
    • 4-sided entry for forklifts and hand pallet trucks
    • Nest to save warehouse and shipping space


    [Pallet Plastic Shrink Wrap]

    • Gives pallet shipments the smooth, finished look of shrink wrapping
    • See-through cast standard-duty wrap clings to itself to unitize large loads
    • Disposable dispenser features a black U-shaped handle and an orange tensioning grip
    • One set of handles per case
    • Sold in case quantities only
    • Exceptionally clear for easy product identification
    • Excellent cling
    • Puncture-resistant
    • Smooth, quiet release off the roll
    • The best choice for machine applications


    [General Purpose Poly Strapping]


    Put your "super box" on a pallet, and secure it with plastic straps. As long as it is made accessible for a common carrier trucker to receive, secure and on a pallet, we can arrange for it to be picked up and sent overseas by sea or air. Be sure to send us a true, clean and correct copy of your overall packing list, a photocopy of your passport, and overall value for insurance and export documentation purposes. Our blank packing list form can be used, to make things easier:
    www.sefco-export.com/inventoryform.pdf

    Be sure to fill in our contract/instruction form with your overseas contact address and send it to us with your preshipment deposit:
    1) www.sefco-export.com/contract.htm
    2) www.sefco-export.com/payment.htm
    We recommend using FedEx for sending us paperwork and your check.






Sefco Export customer service
The first step: Become a Sefco customer.
Clients can have access to our industry sources
Purchase high-quality professional export packing materials designed specifically for the shipping industry.
    INDUSTRY CONTACTS/SUPPORT SERVICES: access to vendors/database contacts require becoming a Sefco Export shipping customer first.
    Please send in your payment with paperwork as per instructions from our sales department. Please fill in our online inquiry form for all requests.



      Choices: It's either full O/A (professional origin services) or
      D.I.Y. shippers "do it themselves" and deliver to the terminal

Sample photos of export packaging materials in PDF format


Sefco Premium Origin Services
Wooden Lift-Vans



"K/D" knock down, easy to assemble
Made in North Carolina, sold in lots of seven or more. Sefco does not sell single units; upon receipt of funds for a shipping account, our office will make arrangements for a Sefco Export approved packer to pack/load into lift-vans. Economy shippers will need to book their cargo with payment and paperwork on file. Booking confirmation and access to customer support services follow thereafter.



    Sending a small load?
    The best insurance you can have is good secure packaging.
    No amount of insurance can protect your cargo if it is poorly or improperly packaged.
    Consider buying a shipping trunk [click here to get vendor contacts] or a heat treated wooden crate.

    Wood Crates
    "Vault-like" protection for your export shipments.
    • 1/4" thick plywood prevents transportation and weather damage.
    • Ships flat for easy storage.
    • Assembles in minutes with only a screwdriver.
    • S-9921 comes without pallet.
    • Heat-treated for export shipments.

    WOOD CRATES
    MODEL
    NO.
    INSIDE DIM.
    (L x W x H)
    WEIGHT
    CAPACITY
    STACKING
    STRENGTH
    WEIGHT PRICE EACH
    1 5+
    S-9921 24 x 20 x 20" 300 lbs. 12,000 lbs. 20 lbs. $55 $50
    S-9922  48 x 40 x 42" 3,000 lbs. 10,000 lbs. 113 lbs. 160 145
    SHIPS VIA MOTOR FREIGHT





Sefco Export customers:
Ask our sales manager for help in locating your export packaging materials. We will make our vendor resources available to all clients with a deposit on record.

Sefco Export does not sell export packaging materials without a formal p/a purchasing agreement. If you plan to purchase through Sefco, please refer to any proforma invoice we provide for your order. Our P-premium service export packing and shipping clients will have the cost of all labor and export packaging materials included in our rate. Our clients who opt to use our E-economy service where "you self-pack, we-ship" can be in direct contact with recommended vendors and manufacturers. Many vendors will only serve established corporate accounts. In that case, buying through Sefco will make things easier for you.

To properly service your account, please make sure we have received your deposit.
This way we can open your export/import file and know for sure that we will be working on your account. Thank you.

What is a pallet and where can I find them?

    Self Service Resources:
    Learn more about Pallets and Packaging
    View Sefco's photo gallery: liftvans, crates and pallets

      Example: "A nice pallet company in the SF Bay area."

      I CALLED THIS PALLET COMPANY TO FIND OUT ABOUT IF THEY WOULD SELL TO AN INDIVIDUAL SHIPPER AND THEY DEFINITELY WILL BUT IT WILL BE A $100.00 MIN. CHARGE + SHIPPING CHARGES TO THEIR RESIDENCE.

      WHAT DOES $100.00 GET YOU:
      3 BRAND NEW PLASTIC PALLETS AT $23.95/PIECE + 2 ROLLS OF SHRINK WRAP AND COUPLE OF BANDS
      6 STRING/BLOCK PALLETS (PREHEAT TREATED HARDWOOD) PALLETS @ $12.95/PALLET + 2 ROLLS OF SHRINK WRAP AND COUPLE OF BANDS.

      THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL WOOD REQUIREMENTS AND ALSO TAILOR MAKE WOODEN CRATES AND LIFTVANS TO ORDER. VERY HELPFUL. ASK FOR ANNA 408-946-4971
      On the internet: larsonpallet.com

      This pallet vendor is independent from Sefco Export.
      If you want to, buy pallets from them. Then use Sefco Export to ship it overseas.





How much to ship it overseas?

Please refer to our online rate guides:
From USA warehouse (25+ locations)
To terminal overseas (200+ locations)
www.sefco-export.com/rate_guides/country-gridindex.htm
Non-hazardous cargo only - Pre-Packed Personal Effects
terminal to terminal only

Warehouse to Door Service
"USA - Euro-Delivery Service",
includes EU clearance/door delivery:
www.sefco-export.com/eurodelivery.htm


Ready to go?

Please remember to fill print out and complete our standard contract form:

www.sefco-export.com/shipping/contract.htm



Email Sefco Export for rates and bookings

Español

Email Sefco at: info@sefco-export.com

Need a specific point to point rate confirmation?
Give us your info: www.sefco-export.com/shipping/online_request.htm



Just looking for general advice?
Please read this: www.sefco-export.com/steps.htm

Looking for additional resources
for purchasing packaging material and shipping containers?
Have a look: informal-advice.htm # self service tools

We do suggest that cargo come in already secured onto a pallet.

What does a pallet look like? Please feel free to surf our website
to see our special online content and presentations on
pallets, liftvans, shipping containers...
including photos, commentary and general guidance.


www.sefco-export.com




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