International freight forwarder in Phuket

Phuket is an island province in Thailand, famous for its stunning beaches and vibrant tourism industry. But let’s face it—you’re here for business, not a vacation. You need to get goods in and out of Phuket without all the hassle. That’s where we come in. We make freight forwarding straightforward and efficient, so you can focus on what you do best.

Why Choose Our Freight Forwarding Services?

- End-to-End Support: We handle the entire process—transportation, customs clearance, and documentation.

- Competitive Rates: Transparent pricing with no hidden fees, helping you control costs.

- Tailored Solutions: Services customized to meet the specific needs of your business and industry.

- Expert Logistics Team: Benefit from our years of experience and deep knowledge of local and international shipping regulations.

Our Freight Forwarding Services to/from Phuket

Air freight from/to Phuket International Airport

Got something urgent that needs to fly out? Whether it’s high-value items or critical documents, our air freight service from Phuket International Airport is designed to get your shipment where it needs to go, fast. We handle your delicate and important shipments with care, ensuring they arrive safely and on time.

• Urgent Shipments: Rapid transport for time-sensitive deliveries.
• Special Handling: We ensure that fragile or valuable goods are handled carefully.
• Global Reach: Benefit from Phuket’s international connections for efficient cross-border air shipping.

Sea freight from/to Phuket

Need to move a lot of goods without breaking the bank? Sea freight is perfect for large shipments. Think of it as a cost-effective way to handle bulk items. Whether you need a full container for yourself or prefer to share space, our sea freight service offers the flexibility you need. We take care of everything from port-to-port or door-to-door, including all the customs paperwork.

• Full Container Load (FCL): Ideal for large shipments where you need the entire container.
• Less than Container Load (LCL): Cost-effective for smaller shipments by sharing container space with other cargo.
• Port-to-Port and Door-to-Door Services: We manage everything, including transport from the origin to the destination, customs, and delivery.

Rail freight from/to Phuket

Dealing with bulk goods and need a dependable option? Our rail freight service is just what you need. It’s flexible and efficient, tailored to meet your needs. Whether you’re looking for a full truckload or a more budget-friendly option, we ensure your goods travel on schedule, with customized routes to keep everything on track.

• Full Truckload (FTL): Secure and dedicated truckload for large shipments.
• Less than Truckload (LTL): Economical shipping for smaller loads.
• Tailored Door-to-Door Delivery: We customize routes to minimize delays and ensure efficient delivery.

Road Freight from/to Phuket

Need a quick and affordable way to move goods across Thailand? Our road freight service is perfect for last-minute deliveries or perishable items. Imagine having to get fresh produce or urgent shipments to their destination—our road freight solutions ensure timely and efficient delivery. From full truckloads to shared space, we customize our routes to fit your needs.

• Full Truckload (FTL): Ideal for large shipments, with secure, dedicated truckload services that ensure your cargo arrives on time.
• Less than Truckload (LTL): Cost-effective solutions for smaller shipments, allowing you to share truck space and save on transport costs.
• Tailored Door-to-Door Delivery: We provide customized routes and schedules, minimizing delays and ensuring seamless delivery to your specified destination.

Shipping rates from and to Phuket

All Inclusive Rates for shipping from and to Phuket

Our door-to-door rates include:

• Land transport costs (considering the departure from warehouse/factory to the port/airport of origin and from the port/airport of arrival to the warehouse/factory)
• Local handling and transport costs at ports of origin and destination
• Shipping & Exchanges
• Delivery of management and documentation
• Customs duties, without taxes charged on the international purchase of your stock.

Door to door incoterm

We work with incoterm DAP (delivered to the site) for our door-to-door service. There is delivery of goods at the point agreed by the customer. All costs and insurances associated with the main transportation are included in our door-to-door rates, while import costs are not included.

Sending FCL or LCL door to door

In sea freight, you can choose 2 ways to ship your products. Usually it depends of the volume of the shipment, but it also relies on others factors such fragility or timing. Those two options are simply the FCL which is the Full container (20 feet or 40 feet) and LCL which is a shared container.

Network management

Our supply management services are a range of services that help you manage and consolidate all your transportation needs (multimodal, road, maritime, air or rail), as well as the needs of your supply chain. Supply. Our offer enables you to obtain the creation, management and realization of your logistics, guaranteeing you a wider and more complex transport network.

Transportation management

For medium and large sized shipments, our supply chain solutions, we can establish a transportation management that will improve the performance of your business, with competitive freight rates. Thus, your logistics needs will become simpler, more efficient and more profitable. We use an automated tool to manage the online order price, contact with the various service providers and contract management, shipment visibility and management reports.

The full LTL (Less-than-Truckload)

Trucking Docshipper offers logistics at regional, national or international level. We also offer optional options such as insurance or urgent mention. Our offer is distinguished with its personalized services, its listening salespersons and your qualified employees.

Complete truck loading services

If you need an immediate quantity of goods or relocate your premises, we have a fleet of trucks that are dedicated to your company’s expectations. For more information, do not hesitate to contact us, we will return you in the highest delay.

What does our door-to-door service include?

Complete delivery

Our door-to-door service includes all the necessary steps to ship the cargo, from its origin to the destination:

• The collection of goods from the consignor’s warehouse or from the address indicated by the consignor. On the other hand, the management of the cargo remains your responsibility.
• Sea, air or land freight.
• Import and export taxes, but VAT and other taxes are not included.
• The delivery of the goods, once unloaded, to the destination that you indicated to us.

Domestic and transborder rail freight forwarder

We are a freight forwarder and we also offer our services in all Asia. We can provide intermodal freight for all companies throughout ASEAN, our core business. This will allow companies to reduce costs and this offers an alternative to road transport.

The intermodal rail is also a long-term transport solution, it can be a real door-to-door service solution. It is also a more economical means of transport for companies, which will respond more rapidly to the growing need of the consumer.

Safety is also more important in this type of transport. Indeed, intermodal rail transport greatly reduces the risk of delay and / or theft of merchandise in the cargo. It is also considered a more environmentally friendly means of transport since it requires less fuel.

Intermodal transportation

Intermodal transport is a means of transport of goods that uses at least 2 modes of transport (trucking, rail or boats) without handling the freight. Thanks to these different means of transport one allows oneself to have the best characteristics of each transport used, this also brings savings for the sender. This brings a real scalable capacity for shippers, so if you need a door-to-door service, contact us to know more about our intermodal solutions.

Customs regulations on international move from/to Phuket

Household goods & personal effects

Some products can be imported into Thailand without any tax for the foreigner who imports them, but these personal effects are subject to specific conditions. If the person importing the goods has diplomatic status, holds a valid one-year Thai work permit, his goods enter within six months of his arrival in Thailand. If the above conditions are verified, only one ship or air can be authorized, and the shipper can bring his domestic appliances only free of duty. The rule is similar if it is a Thai national who wants to return his property and personal effects to Thailand. He must, however, prove that he has resided for more than a year in a foreign country and on a continuous basis. It is only by air and sea that goods can circulate, and each of the electrical appliances is exempt from duty.

Anyone not complying with the above rules will have to pay fines. This is the case for all returning Thailand or foreigners who import household appliances and personal property in Thailand. The amount varies according to the objects and is negotiable with the customs service. Siam Relocation will do everything possible to limit the price of these tax obligations to the maximum.

The sender is not obliged to be present in person during customs clearance at the port or airport, but we must despite all present his original passport and a work permit, also original, one year to the Thai authorities During clearance. The shipper must therefore already be in Thailand for the dispatch to be cleared from the customs. A returning Thai national must present his old and current passport.

Prohibited & restricted goods

Some goods are prohibited at the time of entry into Thailand. This includes firearms, ammunition, pornographic material and short wave radios.

Vehicles and move

Foreign diplomats may import a vehicle into Thailand free of duty. Indeed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand must send a letter verifying its status and request that the Thailand Customs authorize the duty-free importation. For other foreigners and Thai nationals importing a vehicle is a very difficult thing in Thailand. The procedures are very complex and very long to import his vehicle. The right to evaluate can reach up to 300% of the purchase value of the vehicle.

Pets on international move

There are special regulations for domestic animals in Thailand. Dogs, cats and birds can be imported without a quarantine period. For this you will need a health certificate dated less than 7 days and a vaccination card in progress.

Pets can be sent as cargo and the fee will be around US $ 4000 per animal. Prices vary depending on the type and size of the animal. No fee is charged if the animals are brought in excess baggage.

Phuket is one of the southern provinces (Changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phang Nga and Krabi, although Phuket is an island and its borders are not terrestrial. North of the island is Phuket International Airport.

Geography of Phuket

Phuket is the largest mainland province of Thailand located in the Andaman Sea, west of the Malay Peninsula. It is very mountainous, with a mountain range west side which aligned north to south. The mountains of southern Phuket extend 440 kilometers from the Kra Isthmus. The highest point of the mountain chain is the Khao Phra Phuket Mi, with an altitude of 1138 m; while the highest point on the island itself is Mai Tha Sip Song (Twelve Canes), at 529 m.s.n.m. About 70% of the island is covered with forests. The western coast has several sandy beaches, but the east coast is generally swampy. The southern end of the island is Laem Promthep, a place very appreciated to watch the sunsets.

The main tourist region of the island is the beach of Patong, which also concentrates most of the nightlife of Phuket, besides being the largest shopping center of the island. Other popular beaches are Karon, Kata and Nai Harn to Bang Tao.

The island was affected by the tsunami of December 26, 2004 that devastated much of the coasts of the Indian Ocean

Economy of Phuket

The exploitation of tin mines was an important source of income for the island since the sixteenth century. Many Chinese workers were employed in the mines, and their influence on Phuket culture can be felt even today. With the falling price of tin exploitation definitively ended. Currently, Phuket’s economy rests on two pillars: rubber plantations (Thailand is the world’s largest rubber Producer), and tourism. Since the 1980s Phuket is one of the major tourist attractions of Thailand. Most of the sandy beaches of the island were transformed into tourist centers, with Patong, Karon and Kata are the most popular.

History of Phuket

The most significant fact in the history of Phuket was the attack by the Burmese in 1785. It is said that Sir Francis Light, a captain of the East India Company, sent a message to the local administration, warning that he had observed that Burmese forces were preparing for an attack. Kunying Jan, the governor’s wife, who had recently died, and her sister Mook, organized the defense of the island. After a month of siege, the Burmese were removed, the March 13, 1785 and the two women became national heroines, receiving the King Rama I, the honorary names Thao Thep and Thao Sri Sunthon Kasatri.

During the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Phuket became the administrative center of tin production in the southern provinces. In 1933, the Monthon Phuket was dissolved and Phuket became a province.

The old names of the island include Ko Thalang and Junk Ceylan, an English Malay Tanjung Salang distortion (Cape Salang).

Religion in Phuket

Like most of Thailand, the vast majority of the population is Buddhist, but there is also a significant number of Muslims (17%).