Shipping Options

Successfully and cost-efficiently moving your international shipment may require several modes of transportation. Below is a description of some of the many ways we successfully transport your valued belongings.

Surface (Sea)
With the use of international sea containers, shipping via steamship is often one of the most economical ways of shipping internationally.  Surface (Sea) transportation is often performed for:

• Shipments of large items such as furniture.
• Large shipments of household goods.
• Shipments from one land mass or continent to another.
• Shipments where longer transportation times are not a concern.
• Shipments consolidated with other shipments sharing the cost of a sea container. 

Unigroup Worldwide/UTS has negotiated contracts with many steamship lines leveraging their buying power as the largest international mover in the world.

Surface (Truck/Rail)
Almost every international shipment will require some form of truck transportation. Delivery from a seaport or airport to/from your residence is completed using commercial trucks designed to carry air shipment containers, international sea containers, or wooden liftvans.  Final delivery to your residence is performed by theUnigroup Worldwide/UTS International agent in that area.
Some international locations are best performed via truck transportation. Shipments transported within Europe or shipments originating or destined to the United States via Mexico or Canada are another example of an international surface (truck) shipment. 

Intermodal
By definition, intermodal service is the transport of shipments using multiple forms of transportation. A common intermodal instance is the transport of an overseas container via truck or rail to a seaport for transport via steamship.

Air
Shipping your belongings via air is often performed for:

• Smaller shipments
• Time-sensitive shipments
• Shipments or to/from areas not serviced by other forms of transportation
• In locations where there is increased security risk.

Because the size (volume) of the shipment is a critical factor in determining costs, shipments of large items such as furniture are generally avoided. Airlines generally base their charges on a density factor of 10.4 lbs per cubic foot. Large light items will be charged based upon higher than actual weight.