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Canadian Ports Make Ocean Freight a
Convenient Choice for Import-Export
Businesses
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Convenience
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Ocean freight uses existing shipping lines to import and export goods. Large container
ships are constantly circling the globe, transporting goods from continent to continent
across vast oceans. While ocean freight may not be the fastest method to get your goods
from point A to point B, the convenience of ocean freight can be found in the services
offered by Canada’s many shipping companies.
Cost
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To ship products by ocean freight, goods are first packed into large shipping containers.
This makes ocean freight one of the most cost-efficient ways to move goods around the
world. A container is a large 20- or 40-foot rectangular metal box designed to be filled at
the port of origin, then loaded onto a container ship and sent across the ocean. At the
destination port, the container is offloaded and then either claimed by the buyer or
loaded onto a truck for delivery.
Capability
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Ocean freight offers a range of options that are not available using other freight methods.
For example, there are no restrictions on the size or type of products shipped by ocean
freight, which is not true of other methods.