When you ship goods from China to the Kuwait, if your main purpose is to save costs and the transit time is not important for your supply chain, then you should probably choose ocean shipping. Ocean shipping comes in many forms. Using container ships, we usually send regular ocean freight such as FCL and LCL, and sometimes for oversized cargo shipments, we use flatbed containers and open top containers. For large projects, we charter bulk carriers or ro-ro vessels.

• Full Container Load (FCL): Full container load refers to the transportation of containers from China to the Kuwait for one customer, usually 20ft containers and 40ft containers. This can be cheaper than LCL shipping, especially if you are shipping a large amount of goods, and the transit time is generally 20 to 30 days.
• Less than Container Load (LCL): Sharing a container with other customers who have goods at the same time, shipping to the same destination. The advantage of this is that you only pay for the space occupied by the goods, not the cost of the entire container.
• If you plan to ship a small amount of goods (1 to 10 cubic meters) from China to the Kuwait, then LCL shipping may be the most affordable option. Shipping takes longer, generally 25 to 35 days, due to the extra work (consolidation, splitting, warehousing, paperwork, etc.).

When choosing between FCL or LCL for shipping from China to Kuwait, you can refer to a basic rule:

1. If 1cbm~8cbm, choose LCL.
2. If 8cbm~15cbm, please choose FCL or LCL according to the actual situation.
3. If it exceeds 15cbm, please choose FCL without hesitation.
4. The minimum billable weight and volume for sea freight is 1 cubic meter or 1 ton.

Ocean freight is the most commonly used mode of transportation, not only because it is the cheapest mode of transportation, but also it can accept almost all types of goods, while other modes of transportation cannot.