The Real FCL Shipping Cost: Direct Answers to What Importers Ask First If you’re asking “how much does FCL cost?” here’s the blunt answer: a 20ft full container load from East Asia to the U.S. West Coast ran roughly $1,450–$2,100…
When a shipment moves under Cost, Insurance, and Freight (CIF), the CIF insurance value is the amount the marine cargo policy actually covers—and it is not the same as the CIF price on your commercial invoice. In practice, the insured…
What Does CFR Cost and Freight Mean—and What Are CFR Freight Charges? When I first booked a CFR shipment of auto parts from Ningbo to Long Beach, I assumed the seller’s quote covered the container all the way to my…
What the Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) Actually Is — and Why It’s Not the Fuel Itself The term bunker refers to the physical marine fuel—traditionally heavy fuel oil, now increasingly VLSFO (very low sulfur fuel oil)—that ocean carriers burn to…
