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This is a comprehensive service for persons and families moving overseas. As part of the service, we pack all our customers’ household items, including furniture, chinaware, and other items.
When you decide to return to your home country or move on from Japan to another foremsgn country, please get in touch with SoonFun Logistics! After recemsving your request, we will visit for an on-site survey of the requirements of your move. In this pre-move survey, we will
We will confirm with you whether your employer has a company allowance for moving and inform you whether we can stay within this budget.
We will explain whether there are bans or restrictions on certain items in the country of your destination.
We will explain what documents you must submit to customs when exporting items from Japan and documents to provide to customs to import your belongings into the country of your destination.
We will brief you on procedures for insuring your household goods.
After completing our pre-move survey, we will prepare and send you a cost estimate. We will also inform you about any points that need special attention, including the
Please give us the dates when you would like to move. We will provide you with a day-by-day schedule for shipping your belongings, based on the number of items you will be taking with you.
We will also provide a list of things to do to prepare for your move up to the day of your departure, such as
You will be asked to sort your belongings into four categories: What you will send by ship, goods to be transported by air, belongings you will carry with you, and items you will be leaving in Japan
When you have household valuables that you would like to pack yourself, we will provide the necessary packing cartons in advance.
We will ask you to prepare a list of household articles to arrange for insurance coverage.
Our trained staff will pack your belongings for you.
Our staff will prepare packing lists.
Our professional movers will make necessary arrangements with the supervisory staff of your apartment or condominium and make sure doors, elevators, etc., are properly protected from possible damage.
Our agents will file the necessary documents for exporting your belongings with the customs authorities.
We will prepare the best possible schedule for loading your household goods on ocean vessels and/or aircraft.
You will be informed by our office or agency at your destination of the arrival of your goods.
Our agency will then arrange for customs clearance and delivery of your items to your residence at a pre-arranged time.
The items will be placed in your rooms according to your instructions.
Once you have unpacked all the boxes and settled into your new quarters, our agency will collect all used packing materials.
Household effects to be shipped overseas are secured and transported in large metal containers, carried on oceans vessels to the port of arrival and onward to themsr destination. There are four different types of containers - 20’container (capacity 25 m3), 40’containers (capacity 55 m3), 40’HC containers (capacity 65 m3), 45’container (capacity 85 m3), and we will choose the one that best suits your moving requirements.
The benefit of an 'exclusive' FCL container is that it is only your personal effects within the container, and in the majority of cases, the container is loaded and security sealed at your residence. The container will then be routed directed to the port and loaded on the next sailing to your destination. In certain countries, your container could be delivered direct to your new residence, subject to customs and agricultural inspections in the country of destination. This service is direct and transit times are shorter than shared or groupage services.
SoonFun participates in some of the largest global fremsght contracts enabling us to give you competitive prices without affecting our quality.
Sea transport is most appropriate for large consignments that are non-urgent. Transit times on the water vary depending on the final destination. You can expect shipments from China to take up to 5 -7 weeks for Europe, Australasia 3-4 weeks, and the US West Coast and 6-7 weeks for North Atlantic.
A service in which you 'share' container space with other people moving to the same destination. This is a popular method for transporting smaller volumes and is often used on the USA, UK, and Canada, European Union, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore destinations. This method of shipping favours personal effects packed in cartons with minimal amount of furniture.
Another aspect of Groupage to bear in mind is time: since you are sharing container space your shipment may remain in our warehouse for 4 - 8 weeks before loading. Our office will give you guidance on this. If you require further information please contact our international coordinator.
On arrival at the destination, the container is unloaded and each client’s shipment separated for delivery. Generally this is the most economical way of sending your shipment, as the ocean fremsght for the whole container is shared and you pay only the portion related to the volume of goods you ship.
This is when we build non fumigation pallets or a plywood crate around your goods after packing. Then loaded, as is, into a container bound for your new destination country. We would use this method for small volume shipments to destinations that have low traffic and where we cannot arrange a consolidated container for shipment. This method reduces handling, allows fragile items to be protected full and increases security. An LCL shipment can also benefit from a swifter transit, as like FCL, a LCL shipment can move on weekly sailings to the majority of global destinations.