Singapore shipping time

Many customers ask about the duration of shipping cargo from china to singapore.  Generally speaking, this is a rough question, it’s not what exactly they wanted to know about lead time for a shipment.

is the shipping time from suppliers, factories, vendors, their cargo ready to ship?

is the shipping time from logistics provider?

is the shipping time from carrier vessel leave, or aircraft on time to fly?

As many questions customers asked are different,  which one is right for an answer . The concept of shipping time here is the total elapsed time, starting from the moment the cargos are stuffed into container until they are delivered to the consignee’s end.

The mode of shipping has many kinds. AIR FREIGHT,  COURIER EXPRESS, SEA FREIGHT,  LCL CONSOLIDATION, FCL CONTAINER SHIPPING, by terms have many types for choosing, such FOB, CIF, DDU, DDP…

The most popular freight method to Singapore from China is LCL consolidation sea freight by DDU term, air freight by DDP terms. below article explained the leading time for some type of freight method

LCL consolidation sea shipping time

LCL consolidation dedicated shipping line from China to Singapore that DJCARGO loads container everyday except Sunday, its high frequency of shipping LCL container. your cargo is no need waiting a long time to load into a container for shipping, cause we have sufficient Singapore LCL cargo. we normally ship out your cargo the next day when the day we received.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Next.  Monday
(①cargo)arrival	ship out					rest time
	(②cargo)arrival	ship out
		(③cargo)arrival	ship out
			(④cargo)arrival	ship out
				(⑤cargo)arrival	ship out
					(⑥cargo)arrival		ship out
Normally cargo is going to be proceeded into shipping process before it’s confirmed with customer first.

Drawing on our 10+ years of experience in China-to-Singapore LCL consolidation, a conservative estimate for the lead time is approximately 12 to 15 days. This duration is calculated from the date of container stuffing to the final delivery at the consignee’s end.

Therefore, your logistics planning should allow for a lead time of at least 12 to 15 days. for risk management, it’s always wise to included some buffer time in your supply chain. if in urgent need the cargo , choose our airfreight is an option.

goods arrival	stuffing container	export customs declarations	sea shipping	Singapore customs declaration	PSA take container	unstuffing	delivery	total time
We normally complete the import customs clearance immediately upon receiving the arrival notice
prepare cargo	1 day	1 day	5 days		2 days			9 days
You wonder it is about 9 days according to above figure tell. Yes, ideally for elapsed time 9 days is feasible. but our yearly date show that 9 days account for 20%,  8 days account for 5%, 10 -12 days account for 40%, 12-15 days account for 30%, more than 15 days account for 5%. We prefer to use a conservative estimate in our advertising to avoid misleading our customers.