College Shipping International

COLLEGE SERVICES - INTERNATIONAL:

A 2 Global Shipping serves students from more than 200 campuses across the United States. A typical shipment consists of various boxes of personal items along with a a bicycle, desk chair, television or other pieces that may be shipped anywhere in the US or world. Here is the typical process:

Ocean Shipments to destinations in foreign countries:

• • • when sending a shipment out of the country, all shippers are required to provide a passport or other identification number;

    • it will also be necessary to complete the inventory form listing the contents of your shipment;

    • purchase boxes - order boxes online here;

    • fill out the online form specifying a pickup date;

    • boxes, bicycle and any other pieces are picked up at your residence and shrink wrapped to a pallet;

    • the pallet is weighed and measured to determine a final billable shipment weight and the shipper is billed electronically;

    • your pallet and pieces are delivered to a regional terminal;

    • from a regional terminal, your cargo will be transported to a port facility where it will be placed in steel container for ocean vessel transport;

    • the container is loaded onto a vessel and transported by sea vessel to your foreign port of desintation;

    • once you the cargo is loaded onto the vessel, you will receive a Bill of Lading;

    • you or the recipient of the cargo will submit the Bill of Landing and Contents Inventory to the customs office at the destination port, prior to the cargo arriving;

    • when the cargo arrives at the foreign port, the agent there will contact you for the following purpose:

      • advise you of when the cargo will be available for you to pickup;

      • provide you with a written estimate of any port, destination, handling or agent fees assessed by your port of entry;

      • provide you a written estimate of any delivery charges if you wish to have the port agent arrange for delivery of your cargo from the port;

      • advise you of any fee if you wish to have the agent "clear" your cargo from customs rather than "self clearing" with your Contents Inventory and Bill of Lading.

Ship from United States locations.