Ocean Freight
Ship and track container freight across oceans with an industry-leading platform, tailored guidance, and a vast carrier network.
One platform to plan, approve, and track consolidation
Your cargo gets verified at origin
We run 300K+ square meters of CFS capacity across 46 certified facilities at the major Asia-Pacific origins. Our teams count, inspect, and measure your cargo before it's loaded.
Stop planning in spreadsheets
Most of the industry still runs this on email and Excel. Flexport reviews every booking across FCL and LCL, flags the ones worth combining, and routes matching port pairs into the console planning tool. Set your rules, alerts, and thresholds once, and qualifying plans auto-approve.
Hard cost savings
Flexport's AI-powered consolidation delivers a 10%+ reduction in ocean freight spend. Against less than container load, buyer's consolidation saves roughly 15% to 25% from container freight station to port, and up to 35% to 55% from CFS to door.
Track shipments at the SKU level
You get purchase order, booking, and container level detail with milestones and full load plans. Dashboards show container utilization, transit times, and the savings you've banked, and you can schedule any report to your inbox.
Better on-time-in-full
Your container moves through customs alone, so nobody else's paperwork can delay it. Because clearance happens once at the Master Bill of Lading level, most shipments also skip the destination CFS fee that LCL cargo pays.
Switch modes without starting over
Volumes dropped or timing tightened? Switch that freight to LCL or air in the planning tool and see new rates instantly. Bundle with Order Management or Booking Management to extend the visibility and keep your own carrier.
Improve your utilization, improve your costs.
15%: Container utilization compared to FCL
10%: cost savings on ocean freight
46: facilities serviced across Asia-Pacific
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A C-TPAT-certified infrastructure system at origin
Flexport offers more than 300K+ square meters of CFS capacity spanning all major Asia-Pacific export markets. Every CFS is C-TPAT-certified and monitored by HD CCTV across all critical areas. Fire safety systems and access controls protect your cargo throughout storage.
Solutions tailored for your business
Pick the CFS services your cargo needs: palletization, sorting, pick and pack, labeling, slip-sheeting, repacking, garment on hanger, and quality checks. Bundle Buyer's Consolidation with Order Management for order and SKU level visibility, or with Booking Management to keep your own carrier while Flexport consolidates at origin.
Frequently asked questions
What is Flexport Buyer's Consolidation?
Buyer's Consolidation is a logistics service that combines multiple smaller orders from different suppliers, often in the same origin country, into one full container load (FCL) shipment. This maximizes container space, reduces freight costs, and streamlines customs clearance. It's most often used with ocean freight FCL shipments, but Flexport can advise on multimodal solutions that may also consolidate goods across modes.
How does Flexport Buyer's Consolidation work?
Flexport collects purchase orders from your suppliers, coordinates pick-ups to a consolidation warehouse, and loads them into a single container bound for your destination. You can track every purchase order and the full consolidated shipment in the Flexport Platform.
What are the benefits of using Buyer's Consolidation?
Buyer's Consolidation lowers per-unit shipping costs and simplifies operations in several ways:
- Lower freight costs per unit by shipping full containers instead of multiple smaller shipments
- Fewer shipments to track and manage
- Reduced customs clearance complexity
- Improved scheduling and reliability
- Lower environmental impact per unit shipped
Who should use Buyer's Consolidation?
It's ideal for businesses importing from multiple suppliers in close geographic proximity that want to optimize shipping costs and efficiency.
How much does Flexport Buyer's Consolidation cost?
Buyer's Consolidation pricing depends on your shipment volume, origin port, and destination lane. Most customers see the cost offset by the 10%+ reduction in ocean freight spend that consolidation typically delivers.
Talk to our team for a quote tailored to your supplier network. Contact us today.
