Calculation shipping costs Damco-Maritime (sea freight) from Leiden to port in country of destination.

The total shipping price is made out of four elements;

  1. Transport Leiden - port Rotterdam.(road-freight):
    -parcels 0-32kg (0-70 lbs)GLS (mail service) rate: Euro 14,50.
    -pallets. transport done by Damco. Calculate the "volume weight" by using 1m3 = 333kg. (35 ft3 = 733 lbs). Check the rate in the table below. For example; crate 80x120x170cm (2.6ft x 3.9ft x 5.6ft) :
    Volume weight is 0,8m x 1,2m x 1,7m x 333kg/m3 = 543 kg. (2.6 x 3.9 x 5.6 ft x 733lbs/35ft3 = 1190 lbs). According to the following table the road transport rate Leiden-Rotterdam is 65,-- Euro.

    0-200kg (0-440 lbs)

    Euro 32,--

    200-400kg (440-880lbs)

    Euro 46,--

    400-600kg (880-1320lbs

    Euro 61,--

    600-800kg (1320-1760lbs)

    Euro 77,--

    800-1000kg (1760-2200lbs)

    Euro 91,--

    1000-1500kg (2200-3300lbs)

    Euro 103,--

    1500-2500kg (3300-5500lbs)

    Euro 119,--

    2500-4000kg (5500-8800lbs)

    Euro 139,--

    4000-7000kg (8800-15400lbs)

    Euro 161,--

    7000-10.000kg (15400-22000lbs)

    Euro 195,--

  2. Bill of Lading + export documents;
    Per shipment Euro 30,-- (not per pallet or per m3!)
  3. Loading in port Rotterdam;
    Minimum Euro 23,-- Loading is charched at Euro 23,-- per 1000 kg (2200lbs) real weight. (do not consider volume). For example; Loading costs for a 6m3 crate and a weight of 1500 kg (3300lbs) are 1.5 x Euro 23.-- = Euro 34,50.
  4. Sea freight;
    Calculated per m3. (To do a valid calculation the weight should exceed 1000kg/m3, which is very rarely the case)
    The rate is given per m3 for a specific destination, mostly in US$. Check out the rates per country here.
    For example; a 6m3 crate, with a weight of 1500 kg, must be shipped to Singapore. The rate is US$35wm (wm means "weight meter" = US$ 35 per cubic meter, OR, if the weight exceeds 1000 kg/m3, US$35 per 1000 kg).
    The sea freight is then 6 x US$ 35,-- = US$ 210,--.

The total sum of the four elements gives the shipping price from Leiden to the port in the country of destination. Sometimes rates are given to a customs warehouse inland (for example Mexico City). The shipping condition is always F.O.B. (Free On Board); which means that the shipping price covers the transport from Leiden to the port or customs warehouse in the country of destination. The literally meaning of F.O.B. is "if the client paid for the goods and the shipping, the goods are at his disposal on the vessel in the port of the country of destination".

The will have to pay to the local authorities to unload the goods from the vessel, the custom clearance, import duties and taxes if applicable, and the transport from the port to the clients'.