BON TRADE BLOG

Maritime Shipping Disruptions Have Global Impact   The effects of Maritime Shipping Disruptions to your life isn’t likely something you think about on a daily basis. You have other important and urgent matters to attend to. Your marriage, kids, work, sports and hobbies are all more important than the inner working of the maritime shipping […]

INTERNATIONAL Maritime Shipping SERVICE Is Indispensable to the Modern World The phone in your hand, the clothes on your back and the materials used in the building of your home. What do they all have in common? They likely have all been out to sea during the journey.  From raw material to finished product.  And […]

Container Shipping to the ABC Islands and Sint Maarten: 5 Questions to Ask   Keep these questions in mind when choosing an ocean freight service to save you money, time and headaches when doing  container shipping to the Caribbean.   There are as many reasons you would need to use container shipping to the Caribbean […]

PACKAGE SHIPPING POST # 2 Small Package Shipping efficiency and Bon Trade Intl. In the first blog post about small package shipping to the ABC Islands I talked about the bar codes. In this post I want to explain how our system operates so you can understand what makes your goods ship fast. How does […]

Package Handling Post # 1 Small Package handling introduction I wrote these blog posts to clarify the basics of small package handling and shipping in the U.S.A. Customers regularly ask questions about their packages that this information will help answer.  And this particular post will clarify parts that will make future posts easier to understand. […]

The relationship between a customs broker and a shipping company such as Bontrade is a symbiotic one. Together, we make the import and export process run smoothly. The ultimate product of this relationship is money: better profits for us, and more money in the pocket for the client (who is likely to give us their […]

January 2016 updates that affect the terms of our service for container loading of vehicles + vendor charges that ‘could’ affect future handling charges of container loaded vehicles.

We have studied the cargo that we are requested to load with your vehicles and have found that we need to clarify what is included in the service we offer.

As you know we offer to load containers with 1,2, 3 or 4 vehicles.  We include the loading of parts in the container to help you reduce shipping costs.  It is your container and you are paying for the space inside.  However, when the nature of the cargo, the volume of items and the number of deliveries are greater than the service is geared for we have to charge for the additional time and effort to handle your vehicles and cargo.

During my trips to the Caribbean I always find myself explaining our shipping rates.   I also have to justify our rates as compared to the competition. Unfortunately there is no standardized quoting system that shows who is higher in price and who is lower.  What makes it even more difficult to be discerning is that […]