When it comes to making smaller shipments of wines, spirits and liqueurs, reduced quantities do not mean reduced service. JF Hillebrand offers a range of cost effective solutions to ensure your less-than-container load shipments receive the highest level of care.
With a continually expanding geographical coverage through our global network, JF Hillebrand will take care of all your LCL requirements and recommend the most practical option for your particular needs.
Why use JF Hillebrand LCL services?
- 100% wine dedicated LCL solutions with no compromise in care and service
- Cost effective per-carton sea-freight rates
- Co-loading, by qualified third party partners
- A local office at all destinations to assist with customs clearance and delivery
- Full online order visibility through our logistics management tools
- Below deck or protected stowage for wine & spirits dedicated LCL containers
- Wine only services, which eliminate the risk of cross-contamination with other products
- Reliable and consistent lead times from order to delivery allow more accurate and optimized supply chain planning
- Full sailing schedules, updated every 2 months
- Palletized deliveries to minimize LCL handling and overland transport costs at destination
- Destination LCL handling managed in a controlled bonded environment.
Unique LCL Reefer Services
To ensure your shipments arrive in optimum condition we also offer a wine-only LCL Reefer service, keeping your high value wines under constant refrigerated temperature control ( 14/15C or 50/55F). Reefer services are currently available on the following trade routes:
- Europe to Japan
- Europe to Hong Kong
- Europe to Singapore
- Europe to USA
Added value LCL services
JF Hillebrand also offer a range of options to enhance the value of our LCL service options. These include…
- Technical LCL advice and expertise on a range of issues, including packaging, marking, packaging material for phytosanitary rules, cross border consolidations
- Insulating LCL pallet wraps (protecting from sharp temperature fluctuations, humidity and odours)
- Security measures such as shrink wrapping, safety tapes (also called Tamper Evident Tapes), markings and safety seals
- Bonded or duty paid LCL storage in destination countries
- Cargo marine LCL insurance.
If you would like further details on any of our LCL services, please contact your local JF Hillebrand branch office.
Please click here to download our latest LCL sailing schedules in Excel format. Our schedule gives a complete overview of all vessel departures from the wine, beer and spirits producing regions, to desinations around the world.