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          How much does it cost to ship a container to or from Europe?

          Exporting to Europe:

          Miami - Barcelona

          From 292 $

          NEW YORK - Barcelona

          From 289 $

          Houston - Barcelona

          From 671 $

          Algeciras - Hamburg

          From 536 $

          Valencia - Hamburg

          From 713 $

          Madrid - Hamburg

          From 713 $

          Shipping containers to Europe

          If you are thinking of shipping a container of goods to Europe via ocean freight, iContainers offers you two options: full (FCL) or shared (LCL or also known as groupage) containers. Get a quote for shipping containers to Europe via our online platform. Compare the most competitive rates, book and track your shipment with complete transparency.

          If you would like to know more about the shipping routes that carry goods to Europe, keep on reading. There are various popular routes for sending containers by number of TEUs to or from Europe. The most used is the one that links Asia with Northern Europe from the west:

          Top trade routes from / to Europe (TEU shipped) 2013
          Route West Bound East Bound North Bound South Bound TOTAL
          Asia - North Europe 9,187,000 4,519,000 - - 13,706,000
          Asia - Mediterranean 4,678,000 2,061,000 - - 6,739,000
          North Europe - North America 2,636,000 2,074,000 - - 4,710,000
          North Europe/Mediterranean-East Coast South America - - 795,000 885,000 1,680,000

          Source: Trade Routes – World Shipping Council

          Numerous shipping lines operate on these routes. Of them, the most used route to Europe is the Far East – Mediterranean, which has 31 services:

          ROUTE SERVICES
          North Europe - Far East 28
          Far East - Mediterranean 31
          North Europe - North America 23
          Mediterranean - North America 21
          Europe - Mid- East/ South Asia 40
          Total 143

          Note:Some services might have been counted for more than one route.

          Source: Drewry Container Forecaster Q1 & Q2 2013

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          Which European ports are specialised in containers?

          Of the 100 most important ports for handling containers, 15 are located in Europe:

          EUROPEAN PORT RANKINGS - CONTAINER TRAFFIC - 2014
          WORLD RANK PORT COUNTRY TEUs
          11 Rotterdam Netherlands 12.453
          15 Hamburg Germany 9.729
          16 Antwerp Belgium 9.136
          23 Bremen Ports Germany 5.796
          31 Algeciras - La Linea Spain 4.457
          32 Valencia Spain 4.442
          38 Felixstowe UK 3.680
          46 Gioia Tauro Italy 3.062
          51 Marsaxlokk Malta 2.869
          58 Le Havre France 2.554
          72 Genoa Italy 2.173
          79 Barcelona Spain 1.894
          81 Southampton United Kingdom 1.662
          95 La Spezia Italy 1.301
          99 Gdansk Poland 1.212

          Source: Top 100 ports in the world 2014 - World Shipping Council

          Necessary documentation for sending containers to Europe

          In this guide for the procedure and exportation documents (website in Spanish), created by the Information Services Department at ICEX España Exportación e Inversiones, you can check everything you need to do to send a container to Europe. For more information, do not hesitate to contact our exportation experts at iContainers.

          Selecting the Incoterm that you are going to use when sending your goods to Europe is one of the most important steps.

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