Vehicles on RoRo, parts on a production calendar, and aftermarket stock that has to land before a dealer or line runs out — not a generic “car shipping” page with extras.
A dealer car on RoRo is a unit with a VIN, a title check and a sailing. A crate of transmissions for a plant is cubic metres, a production date and a warehouse that can stage them. Mixing the two on one “automotive logistics” promise is how titles get missed and line-side cargo sits in a depot. We quote the vehicle product and the parts product separately, on the same coordinator when they are one customer.
We ship from the East Coast yards and from Newark for boxed parts. Air is for the VIN-specific spare that stops a line, not for a container of filters. We are not a finished-vehicle compound operator with a nationwide dealer network — we are the forwarder who gets the unit or the parts onto the water and through customs.
Cars, light trucks and rolling equipment on RoRo or in containers. Title and export checks happen before the unit is sent to the terminal, not on the day of the cut-off.
Engines, body panels, electronics and aftermarket stock as FCL, LCL or air. The constraint is usually the date, not the commodity.
Repeated lanes rather than one-off crates: a booking pattern, a named coordinator, and a warehouse that can hold a week of stock without inventing a 3PL network.
Small dealer or exporter lots — a handful of units, not a factory block-train. Customs and destination agent on the same file as the ocean booking.
Vehicles go through the RoRo product. Parts use ocean, air, warehousing and ground like any other industrial cargo.
VIN list and titles for vehicles; dimensions, weight and DG status for parts. The quote is built from that, not from “automotive cargo”.
We price the modes that apply. If RoRo is cheaper and the unit qualifies, that is the recommendation. If a battery pack forces container or a ban, that is on the quote.
Titles, export filing and any DG declarations completed before the unit or crate is sent in. Terminals do not wait for a missing title.
Destination agent, duties and the party who collects. Dealer lots and plant deliveries have different receiving rules; we need yours in writing.
Cars, light trucks and many pieces of rolling equipment on lanes that have RoRo or container service. Motorcycles and specialty units are quoted as pieces with their own packing. We do not run a drive-away network inside the U.S.
Yes — FCL, LCL and air from U.S. origins, with Newark consolidation when several suppliers feed one container. Customs is filed in-house.
RoRo is usually cheaper for running units on served lanes. Container wins for non-running, high-value or lanes with no RoRo. We price both when both exist.
By using the right product (RoRo or a properly lashed container), checking titles before the terminal, and not treating a car as general cargo. We are not a detailing shop; we are the party that books a method designed for vehicles.
VIN list or parts description, origin, destination and the date it has to land. For vehicles, have the title status ready.