New Channel For US FBA: Low-cost Sea Freight + Railway Transportation Solution

With the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce, US FBA logistics faces many challenges. The first is cost pressure. As transportation demand increases, logistics costs rise accordingly, and Amazon’s new FBA inbound placement service fee significantly increases transportation costs. Secondly, there is a requirement for timeliness. E-commerce platforms have higher requirements for logistics timeliness and need logistics companies to provide faster transportation solutions. Finally, there is the safety of goods. Ensuring the safety of goods and reducing losses during long-distance transportation is a major challenge. Niuku International Logistics, with its innovative Shipping + Railway Traffic solution, provides enterprises with efficient, low-cost, safe and fast logistics strategies, helping enterprises stand out in the fierce market competition.

In the US FBA sea freight logistics, Shipping + Railway Transportation intermodal transport is an effective logistics solution for reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Taking Niuku International Logistics’East Coast COSCO Shipping + Railway Transportation fixed delivery as an example, after the goods are unloaded from the ship, they are transported by Railway Transportation to the New Jersey overseas warehouse in the East Coast for unloading, which can reduce costs while maintaining timeliness. This mode, compared to unloading at the Western US and then using LTL (Less than Truckload) truck transport to the Eastern US FBA warehouse, not only has lower costs, but also can reduce the handling of goods during transshipment, reducing the risk of damage.

I. Advantages of Shipping + Railway Transportation Intermodal Transport:

1.Cost Reduction: The cost of railway transportation is much lower than long-haul truck transport, especially for the demand of bulk goods entering the Eastern US FBA warehouse, which can better reflect the cost reduction in response to Amazon’s new FBA inbound placement service fee policy.

2.Timeliness: Although the Shipping transport time is longer, the speed of rail transport is fast, and the overall timeliness can be comparable to truck transport. The time efficiency of FBA warehousing in the Eastern US can be as fast as 28 days from the start of shipping, which can well meet the requirements of 45 days and 75 days warehousing.

II. Specific Operation Process:

1.Reservation and Tracking: Sea freight goods sent to Amazon FBA in the US need to be booked in advance, and there is TMS System Tracking to track the trajectory of goods.

2.Loading and Shipping: After the goods are palletized domestically, they are loaded into containers and sent to the Western Coast of the US(LA or LB) by sea.

3.Arrival and Customs Clearance: After the goods arrive in the West Coast, they are transferred by train to the destination ports in Chicago and New Jersey in the Midwest for customs clearance procedures.

4.Delivery and Shelving: After customs clearance, the overseas warehouse unpacks the containers and palletizes them, and then the goods are delivered by truck and enter the Amazon warehouse.

5.Comparison of Time Efficiency and Cost: Los Angeles/Long Beach mainly radiates to the FBA warehouses in the western region of the U.S., while Houston mainly radiates to the warehouses in the Midwest, and New York mainly radiates to the warehouses in the East Coast. The time efficiency of FBA warehousing in the East Coast of the U.S. is 28 days from unloading at the port of Los Angeles and then transferring by train, and the cost is lower than that of unpacking at the West Coast and then using LTL truck to send to the East Coast FBA warehouse.

III. Precautions:

1.Each carton needs to be affixed with the Amazon FBA barcode, and each outer box needs to be affixed with 2 FBA shipping labels.

2.Provide packing list and commercial invoice.

3.If general trade customs declaration is needed, provide customs declaration documents with the goods.

The Shipping + Railway Transportation intermodal channel of Niuku International Logistics, with its high efficiency and low cost, has become the preferred solution for the sea freight logistics to the US FBA. Through the seamless connection of sea transportation and railways, goods quickly and safely reach the FBA warehouses in the eastern and central US, effectively reducing transportation costs and minimizing the risk of loss during transshipment. Compared with other transportation solutions, this solution not only has a time advantage, but also a lower cost. In addition, Niuku International provides full-course appointment and tracking services to ensure the safe and timely delivery of goods. If you have shipping needs for the sea freight logistics to the US FBA, please contact us, we will provide you with detailed quotations and professional logistics solutions.