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Air & Ocean Cargo Insurance

"General Average" claims can hit any shipper of ocean freight. Since the time of the Phoenicians, those whose cargo survived a rough trip have pooled together to reimburse those whose cargo did not. If a ship captain has 1,000 containers on his vessel, and in a storm, must jettison 100 containers so that the remaining 900 containers make the trip, then those whose containers survive pitch in to pay for the loss of the shippers whose cargo was sacrificed for the good of the whole.

Ocean marine cargo costs only a fraction of a percent of the total value of the goods. While most goods make it to their destination unscathed and in good working order, some do not. Are you willing to risk losing your goods for the cost of a few pennies?

None of us likes to think about insurance, nor losing our freight. Isn't a small fraction of a percent of the value of your goods worth the peace of mind you have in knowing you are protected?

Cargo insurance - those pennies that pay for peace of mind.
Contact us for quotes.

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Conversion Table

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Centimeters
Inches
  centimeters x 0.3937
inches x 2.54
Cubic Feet
Cubic Meters
  cubic feet x 0.028317
cubic meters x 35.3145
Inches
Meters
  inches x 0.0254
meters x 39.37
Feet
Meters
  feet x 0.3048
meters x 3.201
Kilograms
Pounds
  kilograms x 2.2046
pounds x 0.4536
Metric Tons
Short Tons
  metric tons x 1.102
short tons x 0.9072
Metric Tons
Long Tons
  metric tons x 0.984
long tons x 1.016

Container/Payload Table

Equipment
Interior Dimensions
Door Opening
Top Opening
Tare Weight
Cubic Capacity
Payload
40' High Cube
Container

L: 12.056m / 39' 6 1/2"
W: 2.347m / 7' 8 1/4"
H: 2.684m / 8' 5 1/2"

 W: 2.340m/7' 8"
H: 2.585m/8' 5 3/4"		  
2,900 kg
6,393 lbs
76.0 cbm
2,684 cu ft
 29,600 kg
62,256 lbs
40' Dry
Container
 L: 12.05m / 39' 6 1/2"
W: 2.340m / 7' 8"
H: 2.380m / 7' 9 1/2"		 W: 2.286/7' 6"
H: 2.278m/7' 5 1/2"		  
3,084 kg
6,799 lbs
67.3 cbm
2,377 cu. ft.
 27,397 kg
60,401 lbs
20' Dry
Container
 L: 5.919m / 19' 5"
W: 2.340m / 7' 8"
H: 2.380m / 7' 9 1/2"		 W: 2.286m/7' 6"
H: 2.278m/7' 5 1/2"		  
1,900 kg
4,189 lbs
33.0 cbm
1,116 cu. ft
 22,100 kg
48,721 lbs
40' Open Top
Container
 L: 12.403m / 39' 6"
W: 2.338m / 7' 8"
H: 2.272m / 7' 5 1/4"		 W: 2.279m/7' 5 1/2"
H: 2.272m/7' 5 1/4"		 L:11.58m/38"
W: 2.162m/7' 1"
4,300 kg
9,480 lbs
64.0 cbm
2,260 cu. ft.
 25,181 kg
57,720 lbs
20' Open Top
Container
 L: 5.919m / 19' 5"
W: 2.340m / 7' 8"
H: 2.286m / 7' 6"		 W: 2.286m/7' 6"
H: 2.286m/7' 6"		 L: 5.45m/17' 9 1/2"
W: 2.222m/7' 3 1/2"
2,174 kg
4,793 lbs
31.6 cbm
1.116 cu. ft.
 21,826 kg
48,117 lbs
40' Flat Rack
Container
 L: 11.820m / 38' 9 1/4"
W: 2.184m / 7' 1/2"
H: 2.095m / 6' 10 1/2"		    
5,260 kg
11,596 lbs
25,220 kg
55,600 lbs
20' Flat Rack
Container
 L: 5.702m / 18' 8 1/2"
W: 2.438m / 8'
H: 2.327m / 7' 7 1/2"		    
2,330 kg
5,137 lbs
28,390 kg
47,773 lbs

Helpful Resources & Links

Hazardous Materials Information: http://hazmat.dot.gov/
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Glossary of Terms

Administrative fees
Services of whatever nature performed at the behest of, or in furtherance of the commercial interest of, the shipper and for the account of Stepka International, Inc.

Consularization
Certification by consul, preparation of hygienic affidavit, or other certification by agents of foreign governments at stateside locations

Courier charges
 Express letter or document charges for delivery of commercial invoice, required affidavits, carriers negotiated bill of lading, or other instructions that may, from time to time, be required for importation of cargos to destination country

Demurrage
 Demurrage for rail or ocean carried

Destination brokerage fees
 Foreign aspect forwarding, custom house brokerage, or miscellaneous fees as may, from time to time, arise

Destination charges
Levies, off load and handling of cargos for placement with delivering carrier, irrespective of modality of such carriage

Destination taxes
 Foreign taxes, exclusive of foreign port charge levies

Detention
 Detention charges levied by dray agent

Drayage
Provisioning of cargo containers to shipper's factory door and return to rail or port depot

Duties
 Duties payable to foreign governments

Ex-plant date
 The anticipated date of shipment for the shipper's factory or warehouse

FTZ charges
 Charges related to processing, bonding, storage, or out processing of charges stored or further processed prior to delivery to ultimate consignee in a sanctioned free trade zone

Inland freight
 Carriage from port to consignees factory or warehouse

Ocean freight
Space onboard ocean-going cargo vessels

Origin port
 The ocean going carrier's port of call for the shipment

Rail
Movement of cargo, bulk or unitized, via rail freight carrier, and ancillary charges thereto

Rail cut-off
 The cut-off date and time of the railhead

Terminal handling
Ocean port handling charges for offload from domestic conveyance and subsequent handling to place onboard ocean freight carrier

Trans loading charges
Transferal of cargos in route to destination port from primary carrier to secondary carrier whether such conveyance is via water craft or "land bridge" carrier

Vessel cutoff
 The time and date agreed with ocean-going carrier for deliver to the origin port of cargos

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