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Air Freight to India

Mercator’s export team recently handled an air freight shipment to India on behalf of the UK exporter.  The goods were spare parts, packed in specially

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FCL from Turkey to the UK

UK based freight forwarder Mercator arranges a number of full container loads FCL from Turkey each month for various clients. A recent shipment from Istanbul

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LCL from China to the UK

Less than container load, LCL, from China to the UK is a popular option for shipments which do not require a full dedicated shipping container

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Freight forwarder to the USA

Mercator is a UK based freight forwarder handling shipments to the USA regularly.  Our export freight forwarder team was recently tasked with this 40’ shipping

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LCL Shipping from Japan

Mercator’s import team recently arranged LCL shipping from Japan for 3 pallets containing a specialist material used in cleaning products. Door to Door LCL Shipping

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Sea Freight to Canada from the UK

Mercator’s export team recently arranged sea freight to Canada of a 40’ high cube container containing UK manufactured components. The UK exporter’s customer in Canada

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Shipping Rugs from India

UK based freight forwarder, Mercator, has been shipping rugs from India since incorporation in the early 1990s.  Today, we still have a number of customers

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