A single shipping document
Your suppliers travel under one transport document, rather than one per supplier.
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Multi-supplier consolidation
We consolidate several suppliers into a single shipping document: one freight charge instead of three, and one clearance instead of three.
One shipment, one clearance. Only possible when you control the logistics.
What changes
One shipment instead of several.
One freight charge instead of three
You pay a single freight charge and a single set of local charges, instead of repeating them for each supplier.
One clearance instead of three
The cargo clears customs only once, as a single shipment.
Comparison
If you buy from three suppliers in the same region.
When each supplier ships on their own, you pay three freight charges, three sets of shipping documents and three customs clearances. When you control the logistics, that becomes one.
| Each supplier ships on their own | Consolidated at origin | |
|---|---|---|
| Freight charges | One per supplier | One |
| Shipping documents | One per supplier | One transport document |
| Customs clearances | One per supplier | One |
| Coordination of dates | Each supplier arranges on their own and nobody coordinates it | We coordinate it with each supplier |
| Arrival of the cargo | The cargoes arrive in different weeks | Everything arrives together |
| Cost | Several freight invoices and several sets of local charges | A single cost |
How it works
We pick up, consolidate and ship.
Consolidation requires you to arrange the transport. Buying EXW, FOB or FCA, we coordinate with each of your suppliers. Under DDP, each supplier ships on their own and there is nothing to consolidate.
You can follow your cargo on the MyDucis portal.
- Coordination with each supplierWith our agent at origin we agree the date, the truck and the type of cargo for each one.
- Pickup or receipt at originWe pick up at each supplier’s plant or receive the cargo wherever is agreed.
- Consolidation at an origin warehouseThe cargo from all your suppliers is brought together in a single warehouse before shipping.
- Export clearance at originOur agent takes care of the customs paperwork in the country of departure.
- Shipped as a single loadWith one transport document and, at destination, one customs clearance.
Next step
Tell us who your suppliers are.
Tell us how many suppliers you have and where they are. With these details our Pricing team can reply within the business day. If information is missing, we write to you before quoting instead of giving you a number that changes later.